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Movie critics combined give Persepolis (2007) a score of 3.1459 out of 4
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Persepolis (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)
Satrapi is as engaging and wry a storyteller on the screen as she is on the page. Her most difficult decision must have been deciding what to omit from the books. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)
Persepolis (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)
A strong contender for this year's foreign language film Oscar -- and the only worthy competition for Ratatouille in the animated film category. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)
Persepolis (2007) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for RogerEbert.com (Jim Emerson)RogerEbert.com (Jim Emerson)
What is that supposedly ancient Chinese curse? "May you live in interesting times"? The proverb may be of dubious origin, but it captures the fate of Marjane, the heroine of "Persepolis," in a Persian nutshell. The precocious Iranian girl is born during ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at RogerEbert.com (Jim Emerson)
Persepolis (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Richard Mowe)Boxoffice Magazine (Richard Mowe)
Anyone with lurking suspicions that animation is purely for kids should have those preconceived ideas totally overturned by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis, which won the shared jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Based on ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Richard Mowe)
Persepolis (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Press (Eric Kohn)New York Press (Eric Kohn)
Language is key to the success of the animated oddity Persepolis. Not the spoken language—which is French, even though most of time we’re supposed to imagine that the Iranian characters are conversing in Persian. The ingenuity lies in the movie’s vi ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at New York Press (Eric Kohn)
Persepolis (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Nick Pinkerton)Village Voice (Nick Pinkerton)
Persepolis is a small landmark in feature animation. Not because of technical innovation—though it moves fluidly enough, and its drawings have a handcrafted charm forgotten in the era of the cross-promoted-to-saturation CGI-'toon juggernauts—but becau ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Village Voice (Nick Pinkerton)
Persepolis (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Slate (Dana Stevens)Slate (Dana Stevens)
When Ratatouille was released this past summer, I thought it was one of the best animated films I'd ever seen—certainly finer than anything else in that category that could come along in the same year. I still hold Pixar's gourmet rodent near to my ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)
Persepolis (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s Persepolis is based on the graphic novels by Ms. Satrapi (Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return). The film and the novels derive their title from the name of the Persian ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)
Persepolis (2007) scores a combined 1.52 out of 4 stars for MovieMartyr.com (Jeremy Heilman)MovieMartyr.com (Jeremy Heilman)
With the political message of Persepolis considerably softened, the overall effect is dulled significantly. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at MovieMartyr.com (Jeremy Heilman)
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Persepolis (2007) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Persepolis (2007) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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