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The Biggest Little Farm is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by John Chester. The film profiles the life of John Chester and his wife Molly as they acquire and establish themselves on Apricot Lane Farms in Moorpark, California.
The film premiered on September 1, 2018, at the Telluride Film Festival. It had its second screening at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was named second runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Documentaries. It was selected as the Opening Night film at Doc NYC in November 2018. The film was screened as part of the Spotlight Section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. It also screened at the 29th New Orleans Film Festival on October 24, 2018.
The film was acquired for theatrical distribution by the independent film company Neon, and was released on May 10, 2019 in Los Angeles and New York. The film expanded into Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Minneapolis, Nashville, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., on May 17 and additional markets throughout May and June. The film was acquired by The Exchange for international distribution.
A sequel special, The Biggest Little Farm: The Return, was released in 2022 on Disney+.




Synopsis


In 2010, married couple Molly and John Chester decide to leave their old lives in Los Angeles behind and purchase a 234-acre farm near Moorpark in neighboring Ventura County, California. Rechristening it "Apricot Lane Farms", the couple spends the next seven years transforming the arid landscape into a fully functional farm and biodiverse habitat for neighboring flora and fauna. They face hardship as the difficulties of keeping a farm running mount up, often resulting in frustration and anger, but also happiness at their harmonious relationship with nature.




Reception


On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 100 reviews with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Uplifting, educational, and entertaining, The Biggest Little Farm is an environmental advocacy documentary with a satisfying side dish of hope for the future." On Metacritic, it holds a 74 out of 100 score (indicating "generally favorable reviews") based on 25 critics.
In his Variety review of the film, Peter DeBruge noted that it "feel[s] like fresh air for the soul.", and New York Times critic Glenn Kenny wrote "it may also revive your wonder at the weird but ultimately awe-inspiring ways in which humans can help nature do its work". Additionally, The Los Angeles Times's Robert Abele wrote that the film is a "lush tour of transformed land and photogenic fauna, is so appealing as a chronicle of dedicated do-gooders who actually did good (and shot every frame of it). [...] Watching the Chesters fight past disillusionment to learn the real lessons of harvesting in communion with nature is what gives the movie its rousing, illuminating power."
Several reviewers were critical of the film's lack of specifics on the initial investment and economics of the farm.
On December 4, 2019, the film's composer, Jeff Beal, conducted the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, performing his score live to picture at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles.




Awards and nominations


A list of nominations and awards the film has received is as follows:

Palm Springs International Film Festival – Audience Award for Best Documentary
Toronto International Film Festival – Second runner-up for The Grolsch People's Choice Documentary Award
Sundance Film Festival – Runner-up for the Festival Favorite Award
American Film Institute Fest – Audience Award for Best Feature
Boulder Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize for Feature Length Film
Boulder Film Festival – Best Documentary
Mill Valley Film Festival – Silver Audience Award for Valley of the Docs Presentation
Hamptons International Film Festival – Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
Middleburg Film Festival – Audience Award for Best Documentary
Annapolis Film Festival – Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary
Gasparilla Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Documentary
Sedona Film Festival – Best of the Fest
Sedona Film Festival – Director's Choice Award for Best Documentary
92nd Oscars Shortlist – Documentary Feature




Distribution


The film is distributed by Energia in Latin America. It is currently available for streaming in Netflix Latin America as "Mi gran pequeña granja".




References






External links


Official website
Official trailer
Apricot Lane Farms website
The Biggest Little Farm at IMDb
The Biggest Little Farm at Box Office Mojo
The Biggest Little Farm at Rotten Tomatoes
The Biggest Little Farm at Metacritic

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