My Life as a Zucchini (2017)

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  Barneyonmovies

  9 / 10

  WHAT I LIKED: The joyous simplicity and heart that bleeds from "My Life as a Zucchini's" mere 66 minutes really is astounding, and I for one am confident in putting it right up there with the best of the year so far as a result. Yes this is, without doubt, a lot more than some fun little short, as it packs more emotion and meaning than many films double its run-time, and delivers it all in a way that feels perfectly paced and balanced at the same time. Seriously, not a scene here is rushed or dragged out, yet the humanity of the characters and story is such that you wouldn't even mind if it was, as they hook you into the whole experience extremely tightly indeed. For that, huge credit should of course be given to the brilliant direction and voice acting, but it would also be criminal to not mention the animation itself which is just as charming and beautiful as the film that it brings to life.
  WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE: It is perhaps true that the tough reality is a little too delicately expressed, but then brutality isn't really the idea here.
  VRRDICT: A beautiful, heartfelt and touching film that captures more of the magic of film in 66 minutes than most others manage in 100. Just brilliant.

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