"A party for the senses. One of the biggest and most delicious surprises of the season. Using an exceptional, always in crescendo rhythm, and going from the initial intimacy of a simple kitchen to the grandiosity of Bocuse stage, which resembles a football stadium, López Linares follows Almagro's journey, a likable character who breaths optimism and kindheartedness, and like the heroes in the best film noirs, gets beaten up. Everything is stuffed with such a sense of humour that, more than a documentary, it looks like we are watching a fascinating comedy of intrigue. A little jewel."

EL MUNDO
Alberto Luchini

"Food docus don't get any tastier than The Chicken, the Fish and the King Crab. Jose Luis Lopez-Linares masters all the ingredients required for a delightful confection, achieving the perfect balance between a tense competition and likeable personalities."

VARIETY
Jay Weissberg

"A full of rhythm and action true gastronomic thriller where the spectator suffers and becomes exhausted with the main character. The film's title refers to the three ingredients the participants to the Bocuse d'Or 2007 used to cook their dishes."

EL PAIS
Rocío García

"Filming the preparations for an international gastronomic competition could turn into an action thriller, a psychological intrigue or the best thriller. This is what happens in The Chicken, the Fish and the King Crab, (...) a documentary transformed by the competition's high tension and the supporting characters' attitude into a game of egos where the main character's patience, Jesús Almagro, who happens to be a promising chef and a Spanish winner, even attains a level of proverbial virtue."

EL PAIS
Javier Ocaña

"Jose Luis Lopez-Linares' nuanced documentary is at once an enjoyable satire on the modern cult of the top-flight chef and a telling human story about shattered illusions and personal growth. Lopez-Linares' film works so well because it combines information, comedy and drama in a near seamless mix. The real strength of The Chicken... is the fact that it's not so much about high-end cuisine as the humanising value of failure."

SCREEN DAILY
Lee Marshall

"The main character's charisma who happens to be - "a great bloke" -, together with the odyssey he goes through, make this film to be an unique experience."

EL PERIODICO
Cristina Savall

"José Luis López-Linares has directed the equivalent to Spellbourn or Muderball, (...) thrillers where suspense not only goes in crescendo but relies on the effort of its main characters who became the spokespersons of the work culture, and where the sweat is transformed into a way of life and artistic work."

TIME OUT BACELONA
Sergi Sánchez

"An adventure covered in tension showing the art of cooking through an almost unknown perspective to the layman. What it makes it a suggestive and nice documentary (...) is closely related to the inspirational way of optimizing the possibilities of new technologies, of light cameras and editing innovations, as well as an intelligent production with inspired expressive resources to undress the ambition and humble character of its main character."

El CULTURAL
Alberto Bermejo

"The Chicken, The Fish and The Royal Crab works because it moves you, because it shows real characters, because it tells a far away story - just a competition bordering in kirsch -about daily things like eating and, above all, because of its main character Jesús Almagro. (...) His good-nature, his sincerity and expressiveness make the documentary take off and fully connect with the audience. Paraphrasing the film's producer, Antonio Saura, we are witnessing a film that speaks about "the difficulty of doing things well, the effort required to reach the top, and about dreams and deceptions."

KANE 3
Alberto Figueroa