Sita Sings the Blues 2008

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: To get any film made is a miracle. To conceive of a film like this is a greater miracle. Read more

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. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Captivating, mesmerizing, spellbinding -- I'll throw everything in the movie-critic book at this animated feature by Nina Paley Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: An almost indescribable pleasure from Brooklyn-based cartoonist and animator Nina Paley. The film, dazzling and poignant and five years in the making, retells the ancient Indian epic The Ramayana from a gentle but insistent feminist perspective. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Nina Paley's delicious Sita Sings the Blues finds solace in autobiography and an animated gold mine in the caverns of an ancient Sanskrit epic. Read more

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Nina Paley's animated marvel mixes a personal tale of romantic woe with a fabulous, often hilarious, recounting of the Sanskrit epic fable The Ramayana. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: Constitutes an irrefutable argument for classic 2-D animation as a viable, vibrant low-budget arthouse medium for adults. Read more

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. Read more