
Chicken People is a funny and uplifting look at the world of show chickens and the people who love them. Starting at the largest national poultry competition, likened to the Westminster Dog Show for chickens, Chicken People follows three top competitors over the course of a year as they grapple with life's challenges while vying to win the next year's crown. Both humorous and heartfelt, Chicken People is an unforgettable celebration of the human spirit.... (Full plot summary below)
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Chicken People is a funny and uplifting look at the world of show chickens and the people who love them. Starting at the largest national poultry competition, likened to the Westminster Dog Show for chickens, Chicken People follows three top competitors over the course of a year as they grapple with life's challenges while vying to win the next year's crown. Both humorous and heartfelt, Chicken People is an unforgettable celebration of the human spirit.
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| Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshThe beguiling documentary Chicken People proves that truth is not only stranger than fiction, but often more poignant and illuminating as well. |
| The New York TimesHelen T. VerongosWill fluffy, poodlelike chickens replace cats on the internet? Maybe not, but these chicken people, with deep connections to their birds, make for a fun and at times astonishing film. |
| 4:3Isobel YeapThe viewer becomes less like a chicken competition voyeur and more like a member of the community. |
| Adelaide ReviewDavid 'Mad Dog' BradleyAs well as these homo sapien sorts, it's also worth mentioning that the chickens here are very cute, and display an uncanny knack for parading or even pouting for Haimes' camera that's quite surprising. |
| Urban CinefileAndrew L. UrbanIt's jaw dropping at times, the level of obsession exhibited by these chicken people, and illuminating to realise that there is a whole big world - a very big world - full of show chickens and other poultry. |
| The AustralianStephen RomeiAs Alfred Hitchcock understood, birds are from a different planet. This light-hearted, warm-hearted documentary shows them in all their glory. |
| VarietyJoe LeydonAn illuminating and amusingly entertaining look at the thriving subculture of competitive poultry breeders. |
| Matt's Movie ReviewsMatthew PejkovicDelves into the lives of those who found the beauty in poultry to be a positive force of purpose and happiness. |
| Daily Telegraph (Australia)Vicky RoachHere's a documentary worth crowing about. |
| The Age (Australia)Jake WilsonThe trick is in the tone, which is amused but not derisive, and in the understanding that a film about chickens needs to be a film about people first of all. |