Persepolis

Persepolis, the superb film based on Satrapi's graphic memoirs of the same name, is a riveting odyssey in pictures and words. It's unlike any journal you've read or any animated movie you've seen.Read Full Review »

Cinematic poetry in black and white. It also is a deeply affecting tale of the power of resilience and an unflagging sense of humor through the worst of situationsRead Full Review »

A completely different kind of animated movie that, even more than "Ratatouille," reimagines what the medium can do.Read Full Review »

While so many films about coming of age involve manufactured dilemmas, here is one about a woman who indeed does come of age, and magnificently.Read Full Review »

The movie sparkles with witty self-awareness.Read Full Review »

It's not to be missed in any language. In a year that has given us such marvelous animated movies as "Ratatouille" and "Paprika," this vibrant, sly and moving personal odyssey takes pride of place.Read Full Review »

Persepolis, austere as it may look, is full of warmth and surprise, alive with humor and a fierce independence of spirit.Read Full Review »

Persepolis is a small landmark in feature animation. Not because of technical innovation--though it moves fluidly enough, and its drawings have a handcrafted charm forgotten in the era of the cross-promoted-to-saturation CGI-'toon juggernauts--but because it translates a sensitive, introspective, true-to-life, "adult" comic story into moving pictures.Read Full Review »

They're both tales of growing up in the shadow of Islamic fundamentalism, but Persepolis is everything "The Kite Runner" is not. It's a personal memoir rather than fiction, coolly observant instead of melodramatic, female rather than male in sensibility and sense of humor - it has a sense of humor.Read Full Review »

The movie, while no fun, faces hard truths and asks hard questions.Read Full Review »