Persepolis

The filmakers view of life in Iran was interesting and elightening. I thought the story itself was rather ordinary and I kept expecting something climactic to happen but it just kind of meandered through the life story of this Iranian girl.... Full review

Persepolis was a fair movie. I'd heard a ton of great reviews, it received a lot of awards and being Iranian, I went into it expecting a lot. I won't say it was disappointing, the animation was unique and interesting and... Full review

I was reading the reviews and i really felt sorry for all of us as Iranians. people talked about France, talked about war, talked about lies for humilating our nation, talked about BUSH (how redicules!). I am sorry for we are... Full review

We got our SH** ruined by Iraqis and Americans then we are being told in this movie we are the killers, unfortunately we know differently... I mean who is this movie kiddin? THIS Is re-writing of history which is just disgusting... Full review

iam an iranian girl who has ben dealing with these problems every single day of my life.im young an pretty an i deserv to wear wat i like .i think the freedom to choose ur style is one of the most... Full review

Iran should sue this "film". Me & my father, a New Yorker Reporter, went & see this film hoping for a sad story on how American Support for Iraq-imposed war ruined Iranians' lives, instead what we learned from the movie was... Full review

Guys, we didnt make this movie, this trash was made by France SO plz stop accusing us of degrading ur nation. This movie didnt even get released in America widely. Americans never supported this film, only critics (who are mostly Bush... Full review

My friends and I loved this movie. It shows the events in Iran starting with the toppling of the Shah through the eyes of a girl, growing from little girl into a young woman. The perspective, relative to the age of... Full review

All i want to say is i feel so said and sorry for every Iranian in Iran and out of Iran because no matter what, we do not have the same life style we had. this movie made me cry because... Full review

France is desperately trying to hide the fact that the weapons used today to kill amerian soldiers in iraq are made by it. This movie is such an obvious war propaganda against iran that it uses the best movie creators in... Full review

It is also shocking to see a French film about the life of a young Iranian girl.....Had she been the type of woman who would pursue normalcy, this thoughtful film would never have come to be..... ... Full Review

ranks among the best animated films of 2007, if not ever.....As it stands, it remains a fine, yet criminally unknown, piece of cinema and art.....One cannot help but admire Satrapi not just for having come of age.... ... Full Review

LONDON - Animated films set in Israel and Iran are among five competitors for best foreign-language film at the British Academy Film Awards. Persepolis" adapts writer Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about childhood in revolutionary Iran. ... Full Review

The DVD also includes the 30-minute "The Hidden Side of 'Persepolis,'" which delves into how the comic book originally came about and how Satrapi set out to adapt it to film, and the 8.5-minute "Behind the Scenes of 'Persepolis,'" which gets up close and personal with the voice talent and animators. ... Full Review

Nominated for an Academy Award (2008), winner of the 2007 Cannes Jury Prize and many others, Persepolis is an unforgettable story of identity and integrity about an individual who always remains true to herself. The storytelling is outstanding, with a reductive animation style that somehow inflates our imagination and creates an intuitive connection with the characters. ... Full Review

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