Chicken for Linda!

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Chicken for Linda!

2024

1h 16m

Comedy

Drama

Animation

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94%

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33 Reviews

95%

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Paulette feels guilty after unjustly punishing her daughter Linda and would do anything to make it up to her. Linda immediately asks for a meal of chicken with peppers, which reminds her of the dish her father used to make. But with a general strike closing stores all across town and pushing people into the streets, this innocent request quickly leads to an outrageous series of events that spirals out of control, as Paulette does everything she can to keep her promise and find a chicken for Linda.

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Cindy White

AV Club

07/30/2024

A-

If you’re craving something light and flavorful, it may just hit the spot.

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Nina Li Coomes

Chicago Reader

05/03/2024

Astounding, vivid, and lively.

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Carlos Aguilar

Los Angeles Times

04/13/2024

Unforgettable flavor is what the uproarious, sublimely gorgeous hand-drawn musical “Chicken for Linda!” serves.

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Clement Tyler Obropta

Film Inquiry

01/16/2025

Chicken for Linda! often feels like an empty, soulless artistic experiment, an idea plucked of its feathers that lacks both charm and nuance.

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Rachel Wagner

rachelsreviews.net

07/26/2024

It’s a vibrant, beautiful, joyful look at family and childhood.

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Elijah Gonzalez

Paste Magazine

07/03/2024

7.8/10

Chicken for Linda! is a delightful picture that uses splashes of color and frantic turns to immerse us in its quest for poultry.

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Alec B

@Alec97 07/24/2024

A sweet children's movie that deals earnestly with complicated family dynamics and the death of loved ones. The animation is beautiful.

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Simon L

@RT61022755 05/03/2024

This was a delight to watch. The music, animation and dialogue were the perfect balance of captivating and hilarious. Its broad exploration of longing through the slim lens of a handful of lives was something I haven’t seen done so well before, and it managed to do it in a way that had me laughing and crying both until the end. I saw this with another person and we talked about it all the way home and long after.

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Lan O

@RT46413806 04/07/2024

This is pure fun. The animation is great and the story is very basic, but so charming. The score was great too. If you want to have fun for 73 minutes straight, this is the film to watch.

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Chiara Malta

Director

Sébastien Laudenbach

Director

Mélinée Leclerc

Linda

Clotilde Hesme

Paulette

Laetitia Dosch

Astrid

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Synopsis

Paulette feels guilty after unjustly punishing her daughter Linda and would do anything to make it up to her. Linda immediately asks for a meal of chicken with peppers, which reminds her of the dish her father used to make. But with a general strike closing stores all across town and pushing people into the streets, this innocent request quickly leads to an outrageous series of events that spirals out of control, as Paulette does everything she can to keep her promise and find a chicken for Linda.

Director: Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Producer: Marc Irmer, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron
Screenwriter: Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Distributor: GKIDS
Production Co: Miyu Productions, Palosanto Films, Dolce Vita Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Animation
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 5, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 2, 2024
Runtime: 1h 16m