Persepolis is worth every second of its superb 100 minutes.

| May 9, 2019

Kind of interesting and is kind of original but its telling moments are told so often it's like going out to dinner and being served the same course over and over.

| Aug 23, 2018

Persepolis is, in its way, a hymn to the enduring influence of family, particularly during a time in which the state is attempting to seize all hearts, minds and instincts for itself.

| Apr 12, 2013

You could ask for a more hardcore adaptation of her bitterly funny, sad and angry book, I think, but not for a more enjoyable one.

Full Review | Apr 12, 2013

It's a mind-blower.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 12, 2013

Here is an adaptation so inspired, so simple and so frictionless in its transformation of the source material that it's almost a miracle.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 18, 2008

An exuberant autobiographical film and dark-horse contender for an animated feature Oscar.

| Oct 18, 2008

The subtlety of the interplay among the three generations of women is extraordinary.

| Oct 18, 2008

Persepolis is a superb film about a young girl's coming of age amidst war, fascism and family tragedy.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 18, 2008

It's striking how much emotion Satrapi is able to convey through these blocky drawings, which are simple but powerfully chosen.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2008

The monochromatic palette and simple lines of Satrapi's drawings go with a lusty sense of humour.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 29, 2008

An uplifting, funny, moving fable about the difference between the ideal of freedom and the real thing...

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 29, 2008

[I]t's that balance of quotidian personal struggles taking place alongside the larger scope of political upheaval and repression that makes Persepolis such a riveting film.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 1, 2008

The predominantly black-and-white animation is used to amusing effect as Satrapi gently pokes fun at her youthful exuberance and innocence, making serious political points easy to swallow. The lack of sense of direction is the film's only let-down.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2008

A delightful, curious film that indulges in both the personal and the political and provides a potted history of modern Iran through one woman's experience.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2008

The monochrome animation is stark and beautiful, and Marjane's an appealing narrator. Often hilarious, sometimes tragic, this may be low-tech, but it's high-class.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2008

The movie sparkles with witty self-awareness.

| Original Score: A | Feb 1, 2008

Persepolis will prove a worthwhile movie for thoughtful teens. They are likely to discover that their plight may be universal, but their circumstances are always unique. And, oh yeah, the personal is always political.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 1, 2008

Persepolis is a true original in the eclectic world of animation, one that's full of fascinating contradictions.

Full Review | Feb 1, 2008

If anything, the tonal simplicity of the film lends itself to graphic wit, a rich array of emotional experience and an austere impression of Iran as a place where ordinary fun, as Satrapi remembers it, could get a young person in trouble.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 25, 2008