Tim Tufts

Kind of disappointed we didn't get a Q&A from the hen after this fest screening. I feel similarly about this as I felt with Good Boy. Through the sound design, cinematography, and animal handling, they were able to project highly expressive human emotions onto the lead. Where Good Boy hit all the horror tropes, Hen hit a spectrum of comedic notes. I snorted when she was running under the box and face planted the whole thing. Also loved the over the top romance music when she spots the roosters. Regardless of anything in the plot itself, it's interesting to watch the great film craft. On paper, I love the idea of playing this whimsical hen opposite the deadly serious smuggling operation, and there's even a decent story going on there independent the hen. However, it didn't sit right when (being intentionally vague so I don't have to spoiler tag this whole thing) a truck load of humans being smuggled were downstream from hen antics. I'm not sure if it's some high-minded point about animal cruelty or just the easiest way for the hen to force things into the third act.

Yeah, that’s pretty good. It’s got the exact level of heart and charm you would expect from a Paul Rudd musical comedy. Touches on some emotion but generally plays it safe and keeps it easy to watch. Got a little bit tired of the original song being beat into us, which kind of spoiled the ending that was really good on paper.

I think it’s a great premise overall with a well crafted aesthetic, but I’m not quite sure what to make of the ending so it just kind of fizzles out for me. (both in terms of the actual plot and what it means for the metaphor) Maybe it’s a me problem that I didn’t actually clock the metaphor until the gun violence prevention orgs showed up in the credits.

Hey, so that was pretty sad and also pretty funny Films about people in self destructive spirals generally don’t land as well for me because I get frustrated when they act so clearly irrationally. However, this film really effectively framed the intrusive thoughts of trauma and how it invades the happy memories.