Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. 2021. USA . Directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp. Screenplay by Fleischer-Camp, Nick Paley, Jenny Slate. With Fleischer-Camp, Jenny Slate, Isabella Rosselini. DCP. 90 min.
“Sometimes people say that my head is too big for my body. And then I say, ‘Compared to what?’” Born from a sensational 2010 YouTube video that now has 33 million views, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On gives the big-screen treatment to a very tiny talking shell. The film is essentially a reimagining of what Marcel has been up to over the last 12 years, as a documentary director encounters Marcel (voiced by Jenny Slate) and his grandmother (voiced by Isabella Rossellini) in an Airbnb, where they are the last remaining shells in the once-populated house. A stop-motion and voice-acting achievement, the film is a hilarious, bittersweet portrait of unexpected connection. Courtesy A24
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