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Behind the Veilnew
Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's animated memoir about growing up in Iran before and after the Islamic revolution.
Persepolis More Like a Non-Iranian Filmnew
Persepolis is confidently cosmopolitan in its outlook and resonances. Yet it's also an indirect reminder that Iranian culture has been strangely (and, one might add, tragically) bifurcated for going on three decades now.
Revolutionary Charmnew
Persepolis is a rare cartoon that succeeds in being grown-up.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
02-01-2008 |
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Animated Questionsnew
Persepolis leaps beautifully from page to screen
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-31-2008 |
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Persepolis is Quite an Extraordinary Achievementnew
Though the film leaves out the subtle and complex political nuances of the book in favor of speed and brevity, it’s also a good deal livelier and funnier.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
01-30-2008 |
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'Persepolis' Celebrates Power of Two Graphic Art Formsnew
It boggles my mind that a French and Persian filmmaking team beat Americans to the punch with such a definitive adaptation of a graphic novel.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-23-2008 |
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'Persepolis': A Good But Unnecessary Adaptationnew
While its minimalist black-and-white drawing style makes it a prime candidate for a translation from comics to film, Persepolis runs into a bit of a snag.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
01-22-2008 |
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'Persepolis' is Anything but Black and Whitenew
No, it doesn't look like Ratatouille or Happy Feet, and, no, there are no giant ogres or talking donkeys, but the old-school animation is stark and beautiful, assisting Satrapi's story of learning about life from the inside of a wobbly, mutating Islamic regime.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
01-16-2008 |
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'Persepolis' is Exiled to the Art Housenew
Marjane Satrapi's animated memoir of her Iranian childhood is begging for a wider audience.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
01-15-2008 |
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Lifting the Veilnew
If we've learned anything in the past five or so years of our foreign policy, it's that we should know a few things about a country -- its history, people, culture, and religion -- before bombing the crap out of it.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
01-10-2008 |
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'Persepolis' Turns a Graphic Novel into Animation Classicnew
The film does a first-rate job of outlining what it is like to be a teenager in a religious dictatorship, and it addresses this slow suffocation in a way any self-obsessed American teen could understand.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
01-10-2008 |
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Growing Up in Extremist Timesnew
Marjane Satrapi's memories of Iran come to life in vivid black and white in Persepolis.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-20-2007 |
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