Hmmm. Here’s a strongly plot and issue driven movie that I know has proved very popular. The story is complex and the film does this justice, the dishonesty and ambiguity and shame of Amir’s father has an effect down through the generations that is, we see, finally overcome with the grown up Amir’s revelation to his overbearing father-in-law at the dinner table back in the US near the end of the film. The location scenes are impressive as is some of the acting though I found the children’s lines stilted and not quite fitting their chronological age (it reminded me of that car ads where children are given conversation you would expect their fathers to have). However, the children were played in a very sympathetic way. Its insight into the Taliban convinced me that, probably like all extreme groups, it relied, on the ground, on the participation of bullies and people of sadistic disposition, rather than idealists burning for their cause. There’s a little more at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419887/