Has a simple, pleasant charm of a character trying to adjust like a kid on the first day of school, though it's ultimately too episodic to escape that appearance of simplicity.
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01/17/08
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Persepolis (2007)
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Reviews Counted:130
Fresh:125
Rotten:5
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: Persepolis is an emotionally powerful, dramatically enthralling autobiographical gem, and the film's simple black-and-white images are effective and bold.
Theatrical Release:Dec 25, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $4,293,233
Synopsis: NEW YORK PREMIERE AT NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 2007 (Limited) PERSEPOLIS presents a deeply personal coming-of-age tale about finding one's place in the world. Based on her bestselling graphic... [More]
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There is no question that the animation style of this French production is unlike anything we've ever seen before...
01/17/08
Persepolis may be a crudely drawn, two-dimensional cartoon, but it packs more genuine emotion than plenty of live-action dramas.
01/17/08
At once traditional and forward-looking, gracious and intuitive, her grandmother provides the eternal child Marjane with a model of generosity and good sense amid the tumult of life.
01/17/08
Sensitive and stylized, it's an often comic, yet heartbreaking, outspoken portrait of a young girl and a nation in turmoil.
01/13/08
It's The 400 Blows viewed from behind a veil and drawn with a graceful, ironic black-and-white pen.
01/11/08
Persepolis is a poignant tale, powerfully told through the simplest of means, that should resonate with viewers of all backgrounds.
01/08/08
With the political message of Persepolis considerably softened, the overall effect is dulled significantly.
01/07/08
Epic and deeply moving.
01/07/08
Top CriticDone primarily in simple black and white animation Persepolis's elegance lay in this simplicity combined with the deft complexity of [Marjane] Satrapi's very moving story.
01/07/08
With its simple but elegant (if not always ideally expressive) images (almost entirely in black-and-white) and its deadpan, self-deprecating tone of spunkiness in the face of woe, Persepolis is an agreeably accessible.
01/07/08
No Country for Young Women.
01/06/08
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.
01/04/08
The film is mostly in black-and-white, and in a style that draws as much from Charlie Brown as from the style of the novel or the legacy of the German Expressionists.
01/04/08
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01/04/08
...a magical animation, one that presents a universal coming of age story within exotic locales with the simplicity and whimsy of folk art.
12/28/07
Named for the ancient capital of what was one called Persia, Satrapi's story is also a timely and deeply personal glimpse of life in Iran before, during and after the 1979 revolution that ended the reign of the Shah and ushered in a new era.
12/26/07
The two main points Persepolis makes are that strife is relative, and all politics are personal.
12/26/07
The black-and-white animation won't dazzle your eyes, but everything else about Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's adaptation of Satrapi's graphic comic book series Persepolis will hold you in its thrall.
12/26/07
Top CriticEssentially a coming-of-age story, though that description feels a little reductive for a movie as special as this one.
12/26/07
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