Review of Persepolis (2007) by Andrew W — 27 May 2009

Persepolis is a black & white animated French film about a little Iranian girl, that while taking place in Iran, is completely in French. So I guess they all speak French in Irania. The movie begins in the late '70s, and the beginning is such a boring, bad political cartoon it had me so bored I actually turned it off.

But since I have a habit of seeing something through, no matter how bad it is, I turned it back on and sat through it. I'm glad I did, the movie gets a lot more interesting when the war comes. Then you get to see the little girl grow older through the '80s, escape to Vienna, and eventually return in the '90s.

So you go on this great journey with her. It also shows you how fucked up Iran is, and what it's like to grow up there. A film hasn't really captured the essence of Iran since 1991's Not Without My Daughter, starring Sally Field.

I'm not a political person at all, because it bores me to tears, but maybe everyone in Iran should be castrated for the way they treat their women. Although I do think it would be totally hilarious if we treated women like that here.

We should have Iran day, where women are whipped for showing even the slightest amount of skin. Just for the LULZ. Anyways, this was a good film, and I'd like to note this is not a kid's movie, it's for mature audiences.

Oh and I loved when she bought a forbidden bootleg Iron Maiden tape off the streets, and rocked to it. That was NOT Iron Maiden, LOL! If Iron Maiden is so popular in Iran, they should make a shirt to sell over there that says "KILL WOMEN".

That would sell great!