The Kabuli Kid 4

I was less than enthralled throughout, partially because I was never comfortable with the premise: a troubled mother abandons her infant in the backseat of a taxi and the genial driver spends two days trying to return or find a home for the baby. Not that this couldn’t happen – although finding such a saintly and handsome driver isn’t likely – just that my mind resisted it. Nothing much happens: the movie seems content to give us an overview of modern Kabul, and the ending is neither dramatically satisfying nor realistic. And I couldn’t help but compare this to two much better films from last year, Amal and The Kite Runner.

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