Chicken With Plums Review

Something to savor-Enna Balland and Mathieu Amalric as a father and daughter in the drama Chicken With Plums
                        Chicken With Plums is a film buff's true idea of a film. It has everything one who takes their movie watching seriously (like myself) can ask for. In it-there is romance, action, drama, comedy, fantasy and yes-even a little animation. In other words-it perfectly combines all genres to bring the audience something very special.

                        The film stars Mathieu Amalric as Nasser-Ali...a violinist who is depressed and wants to leave the world after his precious violin is broken. This is all I am going to say about the plot because not only is the plot hard to explain but as with this year's Cabin In The Woods-the film is more fun if you do not know anything about it going in.

                        Another thing these two films have in common is that I adored both of them because they both so daringly ventured way off the map. This film creates a completely fantasized world while also being totally realistic and speaking much to life itself. Also...Amalric's performance is phenomenal here. You may know him as the main villain in Quantam Of Solace but he really proves himself here. He gives a lively and excellent performance as a sympathetically sad man. In fact...the whole cast gives it their all and the film builds quite nicely from one scene to the next due to this.

                        This is also one of the most beautiful looking films anyone is likely to ever see. Directors Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi make nice use of great visuals here. By giving the audience the visuals at hand they create a simultaneously melancholy and upbeat feel that audiences are soon not likely to forget. This is a film about passion and love and in those aspects-it succeeds brilliantly. I never found a single flaw while watching the film. This is not to say that there are none but that the film is so enjoyable and engaging that most people will be too enthralled to see any flaws.

                       Chicken With Plums is about the most ideal film you can have. It is a truly wonderful piece of art that never lets up. It is also an appealing and original look at how we live our day to day lives. This is a film that will sadly not catch on but if you have the opportunity to see it then by all means do so. It is a truly wonderful experience that will make anyone appreciate the movies just a little bit more.
(5 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated PG-13 for some drug content, violent images, sensuality and smoking)