The life of a young woman growing up before and after the revolution in Iran during the the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Marjane Satrapi's animated version of her graphic novel left me scratching my head. Not because there is anything wrong with it, rather because the amount of praised heaped upon it I was certain the film was going to be a mind blowing experience. Don't get me wrong, its good, but I'm left to ponder why it achieved the acclaim it did. Perhaps its being a non-Japanese piece of "adult" animation had something to do with it.
I do like it, as I like the graphic novel, which it translates beautifully to the motion picture screen, but I don't consider it one of the best.
Marjane Satrapi's animated version of her graphic novel left me scratching my head. Not because there is anything wrong with it, rather because the amount of praised heaped upon it I was certain the film was going to be a mind blowing experience. Don't get me wrong, its good, but I'm left to ponder why it achieved the acclaim it did. Perhaps its being a non-Japanese piece of "adult" animation had something to do with it.
I do like it, as I like the graphic novel, which it translates beautifully to the motion picture screen, but I don't consider it one of the best.