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Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesCaptivating, mesmerizing, spellbinding.
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is astonishingly original.
- 100The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottAnd the ingenuity of “Sita” — is dazzling. Not busy, or overwhelming, or eye-popping. Just affecting, surprising and a lot of fun.
- 100Boxoffice MagazineRay GreeneBoxoffice MagazineRay GreeneWith Sita, Paley brings the same, highly specific and very personal vision we associate with the best indie and alternative filmmaking to the animated form, and the result is riveting.
- Paley's production shines with brilliance and great humor.
- 90VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibPaley sustains a consistently funny, sometimes even self-deprecatory comic tone.
- 90Village VoiceVillage VoicePaley's beguiling, consistently inventive visuals and sly yet melancholy tone are about as warm and winning as heartbreak-fueled empowerment gets.
- 88Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrThe film, dazzling and poignant and five years in the making, retells the ancient Indian epic "The Ramayana" from a gentle but insistent feminist perspective.
- 80Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearThis colorful, cranium-bursting film isn’t about one specific tale so much as the endless ways you can present narratives; it’s nothing less than a kitchen-sink deconstruction on the art of storytelling.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckArriving amidst a tidal wave of overblown and frequently charmless big studio efforts, Sita Sings the Blues is a welcome reminder that when it comes to animation bigger isn't necessarily better.