My Life as a Zucchini is a modern classic in its own right, a touching examination of the struggles of youth in extreme circumstances.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 24, 2020

....an utterly charming French claymation...

| May 22, 2020

Zucchini dares to take on some fairly heavy subjects... but it does so with delicacy and compassion, showing the survival skills and resiliency of these expressive and intricately crafted characters. It's an exceptionally heartfelt offering.

| May 5, 2020

With red frosted noses, sleepy bobble eyes, and oversize, oblong heads, the stop-motion munchkins of My Life as a Zucchini are figures approached with curious affection.

| Mar 13, 2020

As devastating as the film can be, it is also sublimely joyous.

| Jan 27, 2020

Beautifully animated and incredibly sweet, it is an entertaining feature debut from [Claude] Barras.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 13, 2019

A beautiful, poignant, exquisite gift of a film.

| Original Score: A | Oct 21, 2019

The movie possesses a naturalistic tone, style, sound and pace quite unlike anything else in the current world of animated film.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 29, 2019

A wispy running time and an overly Disneyfied ending is somewhat at odds with its more profound content, but a genuine heart remains firmly, and proudly, upon its sleeve.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 4, 2019

Moving, beautifully real and thought-provoking for children and adults alike. Go see this film!

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 6, 2019

In the end, My Life as a Zucchini was a bit too discordant for my tastes but it's still worth seeing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 6, 2019

These weird-looking little clay people reach a level of emotional realism many human actors fail to achieve, and your time with them will be very worthwhile.

| Aug 23, 2018

Written by Celine Sciamma (Girlhood), My Life avoids the cliches about children in care, and those who look after them, in favour of a story that does not shirk from bleakness as it inches towards the light.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 22, 2018

Claude Barras' colorful stop-motion animation isn't your typical children's film. It both celebrates the potential of new beginnings while refusing to shy away from the disturbing realities that caused such transitions in the first place.

| Aug 21, 2018

My Life as a Zucchini has grace and charm, but what breaks your heart is its mental toughness.

| Mar 8, 2018

Between the dark and the luminous; between fatalism and hope. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jan 8, 2018

Never panders or becomes cloying on its way to a well-earned 'we are family' conclusion.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 2, 2018

The movie is dark, but in a nurturing way, if that makes sense. It's suitable for kids because Zucchini is largely about healing - not in a sticky-sweet way, but by small, slow increments.

| Dec 29, 2017

My Life as a Courgette is a tender, funny and wise-beyond-its-years stop-motion animation that takes on tough subject matter through the eyes of a child.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 29, 2017

My Life as a Zucchini is not condescending but warm. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 28, 2017