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Chicken for Linda! (2023) poster

2023 · comedy · flat-color · family

Chicken for Linda!

Directed by Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach1h 13m2023

Single mother Paulette decides to make up for her mistake by cooking a chicken with peppers for her daughter—only she can't cook and shopkeepers are on strike.

Our read: Chicken for Linda! (2023) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive comedy · flat-color · family entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, breathless, measured comedy / flat-color, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb7.01kRT94%Metacritic84TMDB6.967
  • warm
  • kinetic
  • inventive
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How Chicken for Linda! 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 charming French animated mother-daughter quest full of heart and music.”

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