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By Diego F. V (95) on 27 Aug 2012

From the directors of Persepolis, Chicken with Plums is one of the year's funniest and most heartfelt, beautiful, sad, and touching films…

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By Roman R (421) on 25 Aug 2012

Chicken With Plums es una cinta tragica de principio a fin y por ello habrá cinicos que la desechen como manipuladora pero los romanticos…

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By Kent Turner (504) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 22 Aug 2012

The visual equivalent of an intoxicant. One beautiful setting or image hazily dissolves into another, producing an enthralling kaleidoscope…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Aug 2012

The story lacks the historical sweep of Persepolis... this often plays like a bummed-out Amelie…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Aug 2012

A grand, romantic life story about love, loss, regret and the sadness that can be evoked by a violin - not only through music, but through…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 21 Aug 2012

Adapting Satrapi's graphic novel about a violinist (Mathieu Amalric) in late-1950s Tehran who's got a broken fiddle and a broken heart and…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for honeycuttshollywood.com (375) on 18 Aug 2012

Mixing an international cast in an amusing and imaginary Tehran, the directors evoke a past of the memory - of iconic characters and emotions…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 17 Aug 2012

tells its tale with magical realism using live action, sometimes set within animation, theatrical tableaux and old style movie trickery…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for PopMatters (2,617) on 16 Aug 2012

The mood is world-weary and exhausted from passion, the sort best appreciated after a miserable breakup, enhanced by a few packs of Gitanes…

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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 16 Aug 2012

Fortunately, Chicken With Plums does have its pleasures, including Isabella Rossellini as the silkily jaded mother…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 15 Aug 2012

The result is captivating, but not exactly moving: Nasser-Ali's grand passion is posited rather than communicated, in spite of Mr…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 14 Aug 2012

A mesmerizing blend of evocative live-action drama, and lush animation to rival the work of Maxfield Parish, Chicken With Plums is a magical…

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By Maria Garcia (194) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 14 Aug 2012

The first live-action movie by the Persepolis filmmaking team of Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud is not as engaging as their animation…

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By Chris Packham (159) for Village Voice (8,525) on 13 Aug 2012

The evocation of passionate love is palpable, what with Amalric's sad longing and Farahani's Nobel Prize–winning face and everything, and…

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By Özkan T (178) on 08 Jul 2012

Aslinda nasil bi sacmalikti lan bu demek uzereydim... ama sonundaki hizlandirilmis tur hosuma gitti…

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By Lilian H (16) on 01 Jul 2012

Lots of humour in the beginning and very touching in the end. slowly reached the climax which uncover the whole story of Nasser Ali…

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By Alan C (413) on 23 Jun 2012

After Persepolis, M. Satrapi and V…

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By Petros T (610) on 03 Jun 2012

Fazia tempo que eu nao assistir um filme bom…

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By Deborah Young (235) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 08 May 2012

Both winsome and sophisticated, Chicken with Plums unfolds like a rich Persian carpet woven of memories and nostalgia in a colorful fantasy…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 19 Apr 2012

Chicken with Plums' sneaks up on you; you're so busy marveling at the exuberant style that you may not notice how swoony and enchanting this…

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