Persepolis Critic Reviews
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While so many films about coming of age involve manufactured dilemmas, here is one about a woman who indeed does come of age, and magnificently.Read the full review
Cinematic poetry in black and white. It also is a deeply affecting tale of the power of resilience and an unflagging sense of humor through the worst of situationsRead the full review
A completely different kind of animated movie that, even more than "Ratatouille," reimagines what the medium can do.Read the full review
The movie sparkles with witty self-awareness.Read the full review
The two main points Persepolis makes are that strife is relative, and all politics are personal.Read the full review
Persepolis, austere as it may look, is full of warmth and surprise, alive with humor and a fierce independence of spirit.Read the full review
The filmmakers were right to believe that a live-action version of this story would have failed to achieve the universality Persepolis does.Read the full review
This autobiographical tour de force is completely accessible and art of a very high order.Read the full review
A dazzlingly smart and entertaining animated feature by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, looks like a black-and-white graphic novel come to life.Read the full review
They're both tales of growing up in the shadow of Islamic fundamentalism, but Persepolis is everything "The Kite Runner" is not. It's a personal memoir rather than fiction, coolly observant instead of melodramatic, female rather than male in sensibility and sense of humor - it has a sense of humor.Read the full review
