The one best word to describe this film is charming.
Can a 97% audience rating at Rotten Tomatoes be wrong?* Nada.
Love of farming is not required to adore The Biggest Little Farm which, from beginning to end, keeps its aura of unfolding the grand involuntary life circle we mammals follow, according to nature's way.
What fun to see a farm spring to life, and hummingbirds, lady bugs, and other living creatures up close, and I mean really up close, their wings fluttering in slow motion, or catch animals at night on hidden cameras.
Not much new there with hidden cameras, but the scenes add to the majesty of this documentary made over a course of eight years by one of the farm's owners, John Chester, an Emmy winner, who, with his wife, Molly, started Apricot Lane Farms on 200 acres near Los Angeles, all because (or mostly because) of their barking dog, Todd. (Thank you, barking dog, Todd!)
The couple strive to make their farm as natural as can be, and what they achieved in the first year was stunning.
The music by Jeff Beal is the best accompaniment to falling in love with Emma, the pig, and her lifemate, Greasy, the rooster.
Take a break from contemporary life and enjoy this harmony with nature. A more pleasant way to spend 90 minutes is practically unknown.
Animation by Jason Carpenter is excellent, but the "PG" rating is perplexing. This is life, judges! A "G" is more appropriate.
*Even the big, bad critics rate it at 90%.
patricialesli@gmail.com
The music by Jeff Beal is the best accompaniment to falling in love with Emma, the pig, and her lifemate, Greasy, the rooster.
Take a break from contemporary life and enjoy this harmony with nature. A more pleasant way to spend 90 minutes is practically unknown.
Animation by Jason Carpenter is excellent, but the "PG" rating is perplexing. This is life, judges! A "G" is more appropriate.
*Even the big, bad critics rate it at 90%.
patricialesli@gmail.com
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