It's so cute,I didn't get bored of anything about this film.I have watched it with kids and we had beautiful time.

Cried all the way through, it's a really beautiful and understated movie that's so lovable.

Icare or as he prefers, Zucchini, lives with his drunken single mother. He accidentally kills his mom and is sent to a children's home. Police officer Raymond befriends him. Simon bullies him but becomes a good friend. New girl Camille arrives and he falls for her. This is an European stop-motion animated film. It has an unusual intriguing look. The character designs have a beautiful ugliness. My only drawback is its shorter running time. There is something odd about this inbetween length and leaves me missing something. I do like Simon's turn especially. Initially, he is a full-on bully but he turns into one of the most compelling character in the movie. The story has some real heart. This is an Oscar nominated animation.

This review of My Life as a Courgette is spoiler free**** (4/5)BOYHOOD, INSIDE OUT, Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings all these films have one thing in common and that is: they focus on watching life through the eyes or the mind of a child, learning the lessons of life, love, trust and emotion. All films with refined characterization, heartfelt stories and a light tone. Swiss Director Claude Barras notes down all this in his inertly sweet, charming and utterly compelling stop-motion animation My Life as a Courgette.Inspired by Gilles Paris' novel Autobiographie d'une Courgette the film focuses on the life of 9 year-old Icar (Schlatter) who prefers to call himself Courgette, a normal blue-haired boy who loves art and is a bit of a kleptomaniac. He is forced to move into a foster home with other children his age after the loss of his mother. Here he learns the true meaning of life, trust and true love, he's lonely as soon as he moves in he doesn't quite fit in with these other children. He gets bullied, laughed at and is effected by name calling his life goes in a downward spiral until he meets the love of his life with 10 year-old Camille (Murat), he immediately learns the lesson of true love. She is just like him, she lost both her parents and is forced to live with her cruel aunt, Courgette teaches her important lessons such as: friendship, trust and family. And it's wonderful.Other stop-motion animations such as Coraline and last year's Kubo and the Two Strings have this impact embedded within them, with their gorgeous animations, through heartfelt stories, and their incredible characters and My Life as a Courgette keeps this going from blueprint to screen. It's not perfect, there's a flaw - a party scene with these children enjoying the festivities which out stays its welcome, but thankfully due to Barras' direction it's not a huge flaw. Barras' tone to Courgette's life is exceptional he deftly carries his characters (that look like they were created in Aardman's workshop) with a similar story but the love that he gently adds progresses through Courgette's eyes. The refined characterization stunningly matches heartfelt drama, emotional heft and lovable memories all-in-one. At 70 minutes it whisks by really fast, but there is more drama, more emotion and more movement around the characters than any other drama twice its length - it grabs your heart from the get-go and refuses to let go even after the credits end. A stunning French stop-motion animation that's simple in its means to fly the kite of childhood, piecing together life by the chunks and wrapping it around difficult life situations, which will stay in your heart forever. VERDICT: My Life as a Courgette is a stunning French stop-motion animation, filled with joy, emotion and a lot of drama, which sweetly conveys deep thoughts and genuine sentiment.