My Life as a Zucchini 2016

cant believed i cried over a clay animation

The original title of the film is Ma Vie de Courgette.

Life is so unfair and these orphans are such good children.

A great story and beautiful animation. I was surprised about how much they made me care for all the characters in the short runtime.

My Life as a Zucchini seems so smoothly and effortlessly down-to-earth. There is so much tenderness and compassion depicted in this film. This is the most sincere and authentic portrayal of the destruction that can come within childhood—presenting the audience to complex adult issues through a child's perspective and the dilemmas that come attached to it. The characters experience the heavy difficulties of abandonment, death, abuse, drug addiction, and such.

What is so amazing about this film is that it's retained PG-13 and manages to maturely present the children (who are mature to an extent to deal with the themes and complexities of the film) to the reality of life's brutality, even though it manages to contain some very raw and cold content.

Personally, I loved the style of this film so much—it is so beautifully magical. I was literally saddened over lumps of clay with the reliability of the character's tragic and heartbreaking home backgrounds. 4.5!

I thought the story was touching and depressing at times. I like the style of the movie, It was creative. I'd like to see more from the Director/Writes.

Short, but beautifully formed, this animated tale broke my heart. Highly recommended.

What a sweet, funny, emotional film. Very nice!

It’s amazing how it manages to squeeze so much emotion and heart out of its story, especially with a runtime that’s a little over an hour.
I love the characters, animation and voice acting, the characters are all surprisingly well defined, and it tugs at your heartstrings in all the right ways.
It’s more dramatic than your usual Pixar movie, but it hits those same mature notes and messages that the best of their movies also incorporate.
No real complaints for me. I would’ve welcomed a longer runtime, but this version is also pretty much flawless.

9/10

Very deep, but also really good

I wish everyone could love the way kids love.

This movie got a lot of buzz here in Switzerland when it was nominated for an Oscar in the "Best Animated Feature" category two years ago but because I'm not a big animation fan in general, I never had the urge to watch it.. and then it was on TV yesterday and :heart:
Watch this little gem! Somehow it accomplishes more in an hour than most films do in two. It's pure, colourful, truthful, empathetic and kind, wistful, hopeful, heartfelt and thoughtful.. just watch it, okay?

I liked how it was an animated drama. Very touching.