Persepolis (2007)
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Reviews Counted: 154
Fresh: 148 | Rotten: 6
Persepolis is an emotionally powerful, dramatically enthralling autobiographical gem, and the film's simple black-and-white images are effective and bold.
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 1
Persepolis is an emotionally powerful, dramatically enthralling autobiographical gem, and the film's simple black-and-white images are effective and bold.
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Filmmakers Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi collaborated to co-write and co-direct this adaptation of Satrapi's bestselling autobiographical graphic novel detailing the trials faced by an outspoken Iranian girl who finds her unique attitude and outlook on life repeatedly challenged during the Islamic revolution. The English-language version features the voice talents of Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands, and Iggy Pop, with Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni reprising their roles from the
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Chiara Mastroianni
Marjane as a Teenager &... -
Catherine Deneuve
Tadji (French and Engli... -
Gena Rowlands
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Simon Abkarian
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Danielle Darrieux
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Gabrielle Lopes
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François Jerosme
Uncle Anouche (French V...
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It's a mind-blower.
Top CriticAn exuberant autobiographical film and dark-horse contender for an animated feature Oscar.
The film's nuanced view of social issues is complemented by lovely black-and-white animation work that blends Islamic motifs into a sort of Yellow Submarine-ish world.
The subtlety of the interplay among the three generations of women is extraordinary.
Persepolis is a superb film about a young girl's coming of age amidst war, fascism and family tragedy.
It's striking how much emotion Satrapi is able to convey through these blocky drawings, which are simple but powerfully chosen.
Persepolis is, in its way, a hymn to the enduring influence of family, particularly during a time in which the state is attempting to seize all hearts, minds and instincts for itself.
You could ask for a more hardcore adaptation of her bitterly funny, sad and angry book, I think, but not for a more enjoyable one.
Equal parts contrarian and humanist, Persepolis -- regardless of how it was inked -- refuses to see anything in black and white.
Moving, perceptive and extremely funny.
Persepolis, despite its inventive and pleasing animation, drags on dully.
The diffused momentum arguably suits the subject: that's teen turmoil for you, heightened here by the troubles of time and place.
Marjane's outlook on events is always slightly skewed and caricatured, and the visuals keep Persepolis striking to the eye even during its less dramatically satisfying patches.
There's very little that's whimsical about this coming-of-age chronicle, but if we're looking for political reflection we're reading the wrong comic book.
Extremely entertaining, often moving and an eye-opener to those of us who know little about Iran.
Based on her own graphic novel, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's film is a masterly work.
A moving, intimate, complex, visually beautiful black-and-white story.
A gentle dance performed at the edge of the abyss
Marjane learns that there's no place like home. And we Americans watching realize that people have homes even in the heart of the Axis of Evil.
Un hallazgo, realmente. Y una bellísima película animada que no es precisamente para niños (...)
un récit d'une remarquable sensibilité s'imposant comme une oeuvre de marque au sein d'un genre que nous n'avons pas encore l'habitude de voir sous un jour aussi politisé
Here is an adaptation so inspired, so simple and so frictionless in its transformation of the source material that it's almost a miracle.
Audience Reviews for Persepolis
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- Marjane's Grandmother (French and English Version): Fear is what makes us lose our conscience.
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- Marjane's Grandmother (French and English Version): The first marriage is practice for the second.
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- Marjane's Grandmother (French and English Version): Fear lulls our minds to sleep.
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A critically acclaimed animated autobiographical (give or take a little) flick that turned out to be no more than average for me.