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My Life as a Zucchini

Ma Vie De Courgette

2016

Claude Barras

Animation

7.3

6,494

Animation. Drama. Comedy Courgette is no wallflower, he’s a valiant little boy. When he loses his mother, he is sure he is alone in the world. But that’s before he makes his new friends in the children’s home. Simon, Ahmed, Jujube, Alice and Béatrice : they all have their stories and they are equally heartbreaking and tender. But there’s also a girl, Camille. When you’re 10 years old, there is so much to discover – like what it’s like to have a gang of friends, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"Hearty and delicious (...) Courgette either sinks or soars based on how involved viewers will become in the story"	POS
United States	Stephanie Zacharek Time	"A stop-motion marvel (...) [it] will be remembered as a great entry in the orphan canon."	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"'My Life as a Courgette' falls into that zone of animation that’s mature enough for adults to appreciate, it deals frankly with the facts of life in a way that neither condescends to nor scars younger audiences"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"As unexpectedly enchanting as its title is initially perplexing, 'My Life as a Zucchini' is short but oh so satisfyingly bittersweet, an example of the kind of movie magic that's always hard to find."	POS
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"The movie is a pleasure to look at, and often genuinely sweet, but it’s also akin to scaring the crap out of a little kid for 30 seconds and then smothering her with cotton candy for an hour."	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The animation technique is in some ways cruder than the digital dazzle that kids see all the time, but also more soulful."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"This is animation as an art form, inspiring and indelible."	POS
United Kingdom	Lisa Nesselson Screendaily	"A compact triumph of stop-motion animation in the service of a bittersweet tale, 'My Life As A Courgette' is as delightful as it is affecting"	POS

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