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A Movie of Eggs (2006) poster

2006 · animation · comedy · family

A Movie of Eggs

Directed by Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste, Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste1h 30m2006

A small egg named Toto decides that he wants to fulfill his purpose in life and become a chicken instead of dying in a frying pan; so he starts a quest to return to the farms along with his new friend, the noisy egg Willy and a crazy bacon stripe. The three friends will face lot of obstacles in their quest.

Our read: A Movie of Eggs (2006) reads as a cosy, breathless, surreal animation · comedy · family entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / comedy, surreal in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb6.51k
  • warm
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • inventive
  • redemptive
  • intimate
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How A Movie of Eggs feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a silly colorful animated quest about eggs trying to become chickens.”

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Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — You want sophisticated stories or anything without talking food characters.

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