‘Chicken for Linda!’ Review: Gorgeous French Toon Gets Mother-Daughter Bonds Better Than Most Live-Action Movies
variety.comPeter Debruge Chief Film Critic Lately, in the overwrought majority of Hollywood blockbusters, nothing less than the fate of the planet hangs in the balance, as some natural disaster or dastardly supervillain threatens to annihilate life as we know it.
Such impossibly large stakes may be necessary to justify the CG spectacle of certain Marvel movies, but instead of inspiring excitement, they mostly leave me ambivalent and bored.
But focus in on something as simple as whether a young girl can have the chicken dish that reminds her of her late dad, and I’m riveted.
Bonus points if said cartoon feels more realistic than most live-action fare. A uniquely styled and all-around delightful hand-drawn family drama, “Chicken for Linda!” premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, programmed practically out of sight in the ACID, a sidebar dedicated to low-budget independent productions that’s easily overlooked (despite having launched the career of “Anatomy of a Fall” director Justine Triet).
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