I love this movie so much

Perfect cast and a good story

Memorable, crazy movie

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Movie night with Gertie.Oscar-nominated stop-motion animation, as poignant and well observed a film about the darker side of childhood as you could ever hope to see. Touching on bereavement and bullying, but does so in a way that is humorous and ultimately life-affirming.Courgette has big, marvellously expressive eyes. You quickly forget that you're watching puppets. There are plenty of laughs, especially the ill-informed sex education. And it has Ron Swanson for god' sake.This is a film that should appeal both to adults and to older children. This is a sensitive and very nuanced account of orphan children. One word lovely.

'My Life As A Courgette' is an emotionally mature and charming little stop-motion picture that tells its positive and uplifting small-scale story in a breezy 67- minutes without wasting a single beautiful frame; it's refreshing to see a piece of family entertainment that deals with some pretty heavy themes and tackles them fairly head on without ever letting them weigh it down, and it's this that sets it apart from the others in the genre as it allows the picture to feel truly genuine and for it be truly touching too, providing a proper connection to the central children with whom we both laugh and cry. 7/10

Stop motion that's not from the stables of Laika or Aardman, it's apparently possible. 'Ma Vie de Courgette' is a stop motion and claymation animation film by relative newcomer Claude Barras. Who works his ass off to impress you.In just 66 minutes you are bombarded by an array of intense themes and imagery: emerging sexuality, the longing for parental love, the mourning process, innocence and youth. And... it takes place in an orphanage, of course. In that respect, it is more akin to a Japanese anime than to the average 'Chicken Run'. Intense, especially considering the target audience of this little film. Fortunately, there is enough room for laughter, something that makes it all feel more real and at the same time more easier to digest.The plot - a young boy called Courgette (but not really) enters an orphanage and falls in love, gets bullied, makes friends, etc. - is serviceable but cannot cope with the amount of themes and life lessons with which it is juggling. The short runtime forces the otherwise interesting story into a confused mismatch of moments without much cohesion nor natural progression. For once, there is a simple but true explanation for its shortcomings: the budget. Which is about 10 times lower than contemporary stop motion movie 'Kubo and the Two Strings'. A shame.Give 'Ma Vie de Courgette' some more room to breathe and it could have become a cult classic. Now it feels as if it were a rather successful Cartoon Network experiment. Nevertheless, this is not at all a bad movie. On the contrary, it's a bold debut movie chock full of charm from a man with clear potential. I look forward to his next project, although Iit will have to be something without those infinitely annoying Tim Burtonesque eyes.★★★

An animated French film about a young boy nicknamed Courgette (French for Zucchini) who moves to an orphanage after his mother dies in an accident. From the poster you can see that the film is in claymation; at first, creepy, but becomes rather cute and beautiful when in motion. For a kid's film, it has quite a dark opening that would freak kids out even if they don't understand what's going on. I wasn't sure where it would go from there. The film turned out to be quite heartwarming and funny, cute and rather gentle. A great message on the relationship between parents and children and it's importance, that kids and adults can both get something out of. Sitting among kids and adults in the cinema, I had a great time.