Chicken for Linda! (2023) poster
2023 · comedy · flat-color · family

Chicken for Linda!

Directed by Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach1h 13m2023
ElsewhereIMDb7.01kRT94%Metacritic84TMDB6.967
  • warm
  • kinetic
  • inventive
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Cosy, breathless, measured comedy / flat-color, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

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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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You want a charming French animated mother-daughter quest full of heart and music.

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 10attention 2/5breezes bysubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if you dislike subtitles or want high-stakes action tonight.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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