Here is the first paragraph from an ESL student’s essay on the film The Kite Runner.

Kite Runner movie has been filmed in the 1980 and the story passed in 1988 about wealthy guy from Iran and his son in Afghanistan. Dad always complained about his son because,  when he was in trouble, he has never fought back although their friends were teasing. The son has a friend name is Hasan,  hasan and his father are working in wealthy family’s house.

Which I changed to

The film The Kite Runner takes place from 1980 to 1988. The main characters are a wealthy man from Iran and his son. They live in Afghanistan. The father complains about his son because when the son is in trouble, he does not fight back. The son has a friend named Hasan. Hasan and his father work in the wealthy family’s house.

The Kite Runner is a title of a full-length movie, so it should be italicized. The film’s title does include “The” as a quick search on Google attests. The movie was just filmed recently: it’s the plot that takes place in the eighties, which I have tried to clarify. Try to keep essays like this one in the present tense unless you are describing an event that precedes what happens in the book, so “complains” instead of “complained”, “is in trouble” instead of “was in trouble”.