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(1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 94% Fresh Page   1   "what might in other hands have been ethnographic agitprop is instead an engaging, character-based tragicomedy, grounded in what might be called the politics of real people."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel 4.5/5 "Persepolis is astonishing, a revelation realized in masterful monochrome strokes."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron "Quite simply one of the best book adaptations and animated films to have come out of Europe in recent years."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij 5/5 "A work of art that's light as a feather. A true masterpiece."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti A "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."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "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."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 5/5 "Iranian-born cartoonist Marjane Satrapi's seemingly-simple drawings reveal a fascinatingly complex picture of life in her native county and the world as a whole."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger B- "Has more intelligence than the usual animation."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz B+ "Essentially a coming-of-age story, though that description feels a little reductive for a movie as special as this one."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 4/4 "Is that animated film that really makes the genre stand out and shows America that this medium can offer so much more than talking fish..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. B "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."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 5/5 "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."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat B- "Less the tale of Iran told through one woman than the tale of one self-absorbed woman incidentally set in Iran"   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3.5/4 "at times uproariously funny, and it has moments of beautifully wild abandon"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick "A fresh, moving, out-of-the-gate masterpiece -- a work of animation that manages to be artistically brilliant, politically rich, morally engaging and emotionally overwhelming."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 10/10 "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."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 38/100 "With the political message of Persepolis considerably softened, the overall effect is dulled significantly."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman "It always seems like there's one very strong, very different animated film that gives the mundane, computer-generated 'toons a run for their money come Oscar time, and this is almost certainly going to be this year's version."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 4.5/5 "Persepolis is very different and bold, beautiful and moving."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3/5 "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."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner A "...a magical animation, one that presents a universal coming of age story within exotic locales with the simplicity and whimsy of folk art."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "There is no question that the animation style of this French production is unlike anything we've ever seen before..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson A- "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."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 3.5/4 "As with Art Spiegelman's gold-standard graphic novel Maus, Iranian author Marjane Satrapi's acclaimed series Persepolis directly confronts the political via the personal."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 5/5 "Serve para ilustrar como uma técnica historicamente associada a filmes infantis vem criando obras que representam o que de melhor o Cinema mundial tem oferecido ao público mais maduro."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca B "Gives the viewer a glimpse into a foreign world, but its strongest suit is not depicting what is foreign, but what is common to all of humanity."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten A "Done 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."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford A "While not visually explicit, "Persepolis" is an uncompromising look at the culture of Iran as seen by an observant and open-minded child..."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker "This is a sturdily poetic movie, rendering in black-and-white a world where nothing ever is."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 7/10 "Sensitive and stylized, it's an often comic, yet heartbreaking, outspoken portrait of a young girl and a nation in turmoil."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 9/10 "Clicks on ever level, visual and narrative, with a sort of inventiveness that seems intoxicated by the liberating possibilities of cinema."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 3.5/4 "Illustrates that the extent to which fundamentalism has tightened its band around our artistic selves is leading both countries (ours and hers) into that old danse macabre."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 94% Fresh Page   1