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Persepolis (2007) Rank 4 Reviews
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Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
An animated autobiographical masterpiece about one Iranian woman's intense quest for the holy grail of freedom - one of the most imaginative and important films of the year. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Manhattan Movie Magazine (Marlow Stern)
like the titular ancient city, is truly a sight to behold ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Manhattan Movie Magazine (Marlow Stern)
Political Film Society
Persepolis is a coming-of-age biopic based on a four-volume graphic book (subtitled The Story of a Childhood) that is portrayed on the screen through animation. Based on the life of Marjane Satrapi, who writes the book and directs the animation, the ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Political Film Society
Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)
It is, as much as anything else, an expression of a personality, an insistence that the singular voice of a single heart has meaning and can speak meaningfully across cultural boundaries both real and created. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)
Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
No Country for Young Women. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Boston Herald (James Verniere)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
I attended the Tehran Film Festival in 1972 and was invited to the home of my guide and translator to meet her parents and family. Over tea and elegant pastries, they explained proudly that Iran was a "modern" country, that they were devout Muslims but di ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Clint O'Connor)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Michael Machosky)
efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
WCBE's It's Movie Time (John DeSando)
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
I attended the Tehran Film Festival in 1972 and was invited to the home of my guide and translator to meet her parents and family. Over tea and elegant pastries, they explained proudly that Iran was a "modern" country, that they were devout Muslims but di ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The Cinema Source (Brian DePasquale)
ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Here is that rare profoundly original film that will open floodgates. It also announces the brazen identity of a fiercely independent female voice in international cinema. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Persepolis provides an achingly intimate view of how one young girl's hopes and fantasies come under siege by events beyond her control. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
A gem of an animated movie which subtly and comically jabs the Iranian regime while unfolding the spiritual journey of a woman from 1978 to the 1990's. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
. "Persepolis" has a vibrant "punk rock" take-no-prisoners tone that is refreshing as it is elucidating. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Reel.com
What does one say about a film that is, by any measurement that matters, perfect? When considering Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's finely etched animated adaptation of Satrapi's two-part autobiographical graphic novel about growing up ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Reel.com
filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
What does one do, or even say, about a film that is, by any measurement that matters, perfect? When considering Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's finely etched animated adaptation of Satrapi's two-part autobiographical graphic novel ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
It also is a deeply affecting tale of the power of resilience and an unflagging sense of humor through the worst of situations. Based on Marjane Satrapi's fascinating memoirs (in graphic-novel form), this lyrical animated film for adult audiences ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
I shouldn't be surprised that Persepolis strongly reminded me of Art Spigelman's seminal graphic novel, Maus. The movie is based on Marjane Satrapi's own autobiographical black-and-white graphic novel -- actually, to use "based on" seems innacurate. The ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
movies.com (Dave White)
Onion AV Club (Noel Murray)
The two main points Persepolis makes are that strife is relative, and all politics are personal. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Onion AV Club (Noel Murray)
ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen)
A focused tone [puts] you right into the head of its storyteller, where everything about the art augments the initmacy of the teller's thoughts and emotions. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen)
Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
...a magical animation, one that presents a universal coming of age story within exotic locales with the simplicity and whimsy of folk art. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
The film is extraordinary, expanding the forms of memoir and of animation, told with enormous insight into the most intimate moments of adolescent longing and the most complex aspects of political upheaval. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
Future Movies (Coco Forsythe)
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
As a portrait of young female consciousness caught in a historical thrust of political and cultural turmoil, this original French animation, based on popular Iranian source material, is by turns funny, exuberant, dark and troubling. ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Entertainment Insiders (Warren Curry)
In the interest of full disclosure, I'll reveal that I don't see many animated movies. And that's primarily because the majority of them are marketed towards children, a demographic I haven't belonged to in a few decades. I don't mean to imply that ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Warren Curry)
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Here's a movie about the recent history of Iran that could never have been made in Iran. Come to think of it, it's also the type of film that could never be made in America: a mostly black-and-white, hand-drawn animated feature about politics. At age 9, ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
The Onion A.V. Club
Marjane Satrapi's internationally bestselling comic-book memoir Persepolis recounts her girlhood in Iran and beyond, starting with the Shah being deposed and the rise of Iran's current fundamentalist Islamic state, and stretching through Satrapi's ...read the complete Persepolis movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
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