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Chicken (15)

Drama

RICHARD, 15 with learning difficulties, longs to put down roots but his restless and destructive brother, POLLY, needs to keep moving. When the land they live on is bought by a new landowner, and the electricity supply to their caravan is cut, their already precarious living conditions get even worse.

More information on this production is available at www.chickenthefilm.com.

The critical consensus

An enjoyable, involving British drama with an impressive turn from newcomer Scott Chambers.

****(*)Anna Smith, Empire Online, 17/05/2016

Promising and compassionate debut from British director Joe Stephenson.

****(*)Allan Hunter, The List, 16/05/2016

Against a backdrop of rural poverty, Joe Stephenson’s heart-wrenching drama heads for a climax sticky with violence and horrible secrets.

***(*)(*)Leslie Felperin, The Guardian, 19/05/2016

Scott Chambers gives a detailed and affecting performance as a young man with learning difficulties.

****(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 22/05/2016

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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