Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
RT Audience Score: 92%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Poignant, profound, and utterly heartwarming, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is animated entertainment with real heart.
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Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family. Based on the animated shorts about the anthropomorphic shell.
Tagline
Production Company(ies)
MARV
Distributor
A24
(Originating Distributor)
Release Date:
06-24-2022
Release Type
THEATRICAL, THEATRICAL (LIMITED)
Filming Location(s)
Los Angeles, California, United States
MPAA / Certificate
PG
Year of Release
2022
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Color:
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Sound mix:
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Aspect ratio:1.55 : 1
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Runtime:1 h 30 m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Jun 24, 2022
Genre(s)
Animation, Animation Feature, Digital/Web Series Adaptation, Disaster, Documentary, Family, Music, War
Keyword(s)
Claymation/Stop Motion Animation Feature Movie, Digital/Web Series Adaptation, Movies Directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp, Movies Written by Dean Fleischer-Camp, Movies Written by Jenny Slate, Movies Starring Jenny Slate, Movies Starring Rosa Salazar, Movies Starring Thomas Mann, Movies Starring Isabella Rossellini, Cinereach Movie, You Want I Should Movie, Sunbeam TV & Films Movie, Human Woman Movie, Chiodo Bros. Productions Movie, Strongman Movie, Movies from 2022, Movies from the 2020s, Low Budget Movie, Movies from United States, English Language, South By Southwest Film Festival, SXSW, Telluride Film Festival, Female Producer, Female Writer
Worldwide gross: $6,336,735
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $6,336,735
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,076
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 691,029
US/Canada gross: $6,333,702
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $6,333,702
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,719
US/Canada opening weekend: $159,403
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $159,403
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,732
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $10,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $10,000,000
Production budget ranking: 1,609
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $5,385,000
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$9,048,265
ROI to date (est.): -59%
ROI ranking: 1,729
Marcel
Voice
Rosa Salazar
Thomas Mann
Isabella Rossellini
Connie
Dean Fleischer-Camp
Dean
Lesley Stahl
Self
Director(s)
Writer(s)
Executive(s)
NA
Film Festivals
South by Southwest, Telluride
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (123) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (122) | Rotten (1)
This kid-friendly A24 movie is somehow whimsical, bittersweet, life-affirming and a little bit heartbreaking all at once. And that makes it the perfect movie for the moment.
July 16, 2022 | Rating: A
Caroline Siede
Fox 10 Phoenix
TOP CRITIC
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On imagines an alternative world where characters and stories are born of sheer creativity and not recycled ideas based on selling children’s toys.
July 14, 2022 | Rating: B+
Adam Graham
Detroit News
TOP CRITIC
An adorable little film with big life-lessons.
July 12, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Rafer Guzman
Newsday
TOP CRITIC
The movie’s cloying sentimentality is balanced by its imaginative vigor and its wry shell’s-eye view of humanity.
July 5, 2022
Richard Brody
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
Even at 89 minutes the movie’s overlong, but in its gentle humor and wistfulness for a world of reconnection, it’s a genuine tonic.
July 1, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Ty Burr
Ty Burr’s Watch List
TOP CRITIC
In the hands of Slate and her director and creative partner Dean Fleischer-Camp, it’s charming, laugh-out-loud funny, and surprisingly poignant.
July 1, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Max Weiss
Baltimore Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On turns Marcel’s world-view into a grand philosophical statement without losing the heart and decency that made the shorts a viral sensation.
July 22, 2022
Kristian M. Lin
Fort Worth Weekly
(Jenny) Slate and (Dean) Fleischer-Camp have a deep, thorough understanding of this world, these inhabitants, and the correlation between what we hold inside and what we share outside.
July 22, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
Michael Ward
Should I See It
“Marcel the Shell” provides wisdom and comfort for viewers of every age as they manage life’s transitions. Slow down, observe, and appreciate, Marcel tells us. Wise words from a tiny mouth drawn on with a pencil.
July 22, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
In the end, this is a story about the need for connection, and it couldn’t come at a better time.
July 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Alison Gillmor
Winnipeg Free Press
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” shows no matter how big or small you are, it doesn’t take much to make a difference. You just need to be yourself.
July 19, 2022 | Rating: A-
Nate Adams
The Only Critic
a truly charming film that should win over even the world’s biggest curmudgeons.
July 19, 2022 | Rating: 9.5/10
Rachel Wagner
rachelsreviews.net…
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
Marcel explains to Dean that there used to be an entire community of shells on the property, including Marcel’s mother, father, brother, and aunt. The shells would take shelter in a sock drawer when the house’s previous owners, Mark and Larissa, started knocking objects over while fighting. After one fight, Mark accidentally packs the shells into his suitcase while moving out, leaving Marcel and Connie as the only ones left on the property. Dean helps Marcel produce a livestream on the internet asking for help in locating his family. The livestream gains a substantial amount of viewers, but after Marcel shares his location with viewers, the house becomes a popular area for influencers. Marcel becomes dismayed after realizing most of the people who saw his videos are fans, desperate to be associated with him but largely disinterested in helping him.
The constant attention to the house quickly begins to bother Marcel, who is worried about Connie’s deteriorating health. Marcel convinces Dean to drive him around Los Angeles in search of Mark’s car, but is overwhelmed to discover how large and vast the world outside his house really is. Realizing that the world is too big to likely discover the car on his own, a discouraged Marcel returns home to find Connie has fallen off the top of a washing machine and cracked her shell. Marcel tends to her wounds and grows more protective of Connie. Dean has his ex-wife look after his dog, Arthur, after he tries to attack Connie.
60 Minutes reaches out to Marcel in the hopes of doing a cover story. Despite Dean’s encouragement, Marcel is reluctant to accept the offer, concerned with what the large production crew and more attention to the house would do to Connie’s health. Marcel tells Dean he will not accept the interview until Connie is fully recovered. Dean confides this information to a fast-deteriorating Connie. Wanting Marcel to live a meaningful life of his own, Connie pretends to show signs of improvement around Marcel while encouraging him to accept the interview. Despite strong reservations, Marcel eventually agrees to the interview, believing it may help him find his family.
Connie’s health continues to worsen as the day of the interview approaches. Connie and Marcel watch as the 60 Minutes crew sets up in the living room and are starstruck upon seeing Lesley Stahl in person. Marcel and Dean both participate in the interview. Upon its completion, Marcel and Dean struggle to find Connie before realizing she died while their segment was being filmed. Marcel buries Connie in her garden and grieves her. Dean signs a lease for a new apartment.
60 Minutes calls Dean requesting additional filming after making new discoveries regarding the whereabouts of Larissa. The segment airs, showing that they were able to locate Larissa in Guatemala. Larissa then brings the 60 Minutes crew to Mark’s house, where she and Mark get into an argument. Marcel urges Dean and the crew to check in Mark’s sock drawer, where the entire shell community is discovered. They reunite in the Airbnb with Marcel, who is able to give Connie a proper funeral. Dean moves into his new apartment and begins dating again. Reunited with his family, Marcel confides to Dean that he often finds himself going to the Laundry Room window alone, and feeling the wind blow through his shell. Marcel shows Dean the sound it produces, remarking on its beauty as he stares out the window.
Trivia
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Credits
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