Persepolis

I am finally catching up on all the movies I have missed this winter. I started by seeing Persepolis, since I had read the book and had found it to be very good. The movie was too similar to the book and I felt that when it was converted into a film, some thing else should have been added. Maybe changing it from black and white to color would have been a start. Also even though it was autobiographical, it became very indivudulaistic and self obsessed. It was an elitist perspective of the the time after the Iranian revolution.
A review below.
Persepolis
An animated life story about an individualistic Iranian woman who grew up
during the Islamic Revolution. The amusing narrative style by co-writer-directors Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi (whose story it is) features Catherine Deneuve voicing the role of Mrs. Satrapi, Marjane's mother.There's a good lesson here about Iranian history but it's not exactly gripping material. Charming at times, it amounts pretty much to a "so what?" And, by way of trivia: Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands, and Iggy Pop lent their voices to the English-language dub of the film but go uncredited.