lumps of clay that speak french made me cry?????

85

Consider myself floored, especially by its minimal runtime (70 minutes) and how it still manages to juggle the flow of childhood language, implications of the harrowing, and young, lost groups being revitalized by their respective traumas throughout an isolated, rudimentary setup. I can't praise this little movie enough. So many feels, so many truths, and yet always moving along a nice, quiet stream of compassion and kindness, never over-stuffing itself or settling for less.

A zucchini has no real flavour of its own. When combined with the right ingredients and treated properly it takes on all flavours surrounding it, thus becoming part of the whole.

This is a metaphor, I'm not suggesting you should eat children.

Also watch this film. And be good to those you love.

And to those you don't love.

Just watch this film ok?

*wipes tear*
This movie blends the purity and curiousity of childhood with the horrifyingly ugliness that is reality and it does so flawlessly. Every damn line comes with so much depth. It’s also in stop motion. 

So in other words, this is extremely my thing.

whoops, went through a year
supply of Kleenex in a single hour.

wow that scene in the snow,
when they're looking up at
the moon -- what a moment.

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!

Sometimes we cry when we're happy, right?

For such a dark setting this film was genuine, uplifting, and beautiful.

right in the feels ;_;

*wipes tear*
This movie blends the purity and curiousity of childhood with the horrifyingly ugliness that is reality and it does so flawlessly. Every damn line comes with so much depth. It’s also in stop motion. 

So in other words, this is extremely my thing.

I had no idea what is was about before watching. So imagine my surprise as it went on. But it had such an innocence dealing with such heavy topics, it made watching with my brother of 9 not so an awkward experience. He even understood and enjoyed it too. Definitely a new favorite!

takes such heavy/ traumatic themes and handles them so carefully for a young audience. loved it.

the z in zucchini stands for zdepression

Fuck.

Minimalism at its best. Succinct and sweet without ever being saccharine. It doesn’t pull punches but it’s also not here to be grisly or shocking. I can’t believe how attached I got to this little cluster of kids in such a short amount of time.