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      Sita Sings the Blues

      2008 1h 22m Fantasy Animation List
      100% 32 Reviews Tomatometer 85% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score The Indian tale of Ramayana is set to jazz music. Read More Read Less
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      A tour de force for filmmaker Nina Paley, Sita Sings the Blues gives the Ramayana its animated due with a visually vibrant, dazzlingly imaginative triumph.

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      Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter Charming indie animated film that doesn't insult anyone's intelligence. Dec 31, 2009 Full Review A.O. Scott New York Times And the ingenuity of Sita -- which evokes painting, collage, underground comic books, Mumbai musicals and "Yellow Submarine" (for starters) - is dazzling. Not busy, or overwhelming, or eye-popping. Just affecting, surprising and a lot of fun. Rated: 4/5 Dec 28, 2009 Full Review Michelle Orange Village Voice Paley's beguiling, consistently inventive visuals and sly yet melancholy tone are about as warm and winning as heartbreak-fueled empowerment gets. Dec 23, 2009 Full Review James Plath Movie Metropolis A spellbinding film that charms with its quirkiness in almost every sequence. Rated: 8/10 Feb 26, 2012 Full Review Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Chicago This is the kind of personal filmmaking that could only have come together through a chance set of inspirations. Maybe you could call it fate. Rated: 4/5 Feb 15, 2012 Full Review Ron Wilkinson Monsters and Critics The more love changes the more it stays the same. History itself falls prey to love in this delightful retelling of the Ramayana. Rated: 8/10 May 3, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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      JIJI2057 This definitely won't be everybody's cup of tea it's interesting to watch the different styles bounce between each other and animation and the jazz music was actually kind of an interesting touch I like this movie though I know a lot of people won't like it I think it's just gonna be able to one's personal taste if you like it Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/09/23 Full Review Audience Member it was fun take! Only a couple of the Anne Hathaway numbers felt a little "shoe horned in". I especially like the chorus of three folks who didn't quite recall all the details of the myths Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Two parts to the film - songs, story 1. The choice of the songs is impressive, and it quite precisely fits the story running in the background 2. Story - Two parallel ones running simultaneously and confluence to a point in the end which was pretty amazing. The narrators seemed quite underinformed - deliberately or otherwise- about Ramayana which does annoy. The way they question characters is unheard in India and is mentally stimulating. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Some people might think I am not shedding enough light here, but yes, there is not one flawed note or one false button pushed in the one-hour-twenty-one-minutes long crowdpleaser 'Sita Sings the Blues' directed by Nina Paley. Not only does the diligent filmmaker express a distinctive voice through stunningly animated visuals, she also delivers sass and spunk by reinventing a classical epic in which the poet Valmiki expressed in an understatement a feminist and grounded, curvy and blazing, sad and optimistic character with right note and music. This film is a perfection. This gem shouldn't be missed at the cost of any movie this year and I recommend you just don't miss it. I go with five stars for Sita sings the Blues'. It's an inexplicable and brilliant triumph for cinema. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Grandiosa interpretación del Ramayana por parte de Nina Paley. La animación, la música, la historia, todo es fenomenal en esta película. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Boldly imaginative & narratively intricate animated musical. Fantastic! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis The Indian tale of Ramayana is set to jazz music.
      Director
      Nina Paley
      Screenwriter
      Nina Paley
      Genre
      Fantasy, Animation
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 7, 2015
      Runtime
      1h 22m