Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp

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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)

dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp

marcel the shell with shoes on (2021)

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, 2021

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I obviously have much more in my life than Victorious and Sam & Cat. In fact, I only really started caring about them again after so long because of Quentin Reviews. But there’s a reason I had to bring this up.

I’ve been really looking forward to watching the Marcel the Shell with Shoes On movie and it finally leaked online today (it never made it to my theater). It seemed like a cute little film and it’s been getting some fantastic reviews. So I finally start watching it. I love it. Great writing and a great vocal performance by Jenny Slate.

But the interesting thing is that Marcel’s original YouTube videos actually factor into the plot, including real-life reactions to it. Here’s the first one we see:

So, yeah. Around twenty minutes into the film, I get a Victoria Justice and Avan Jogia jump scare. I guess to truly remind me how much these old Nick-coms have truly enveloped my life.

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GOD DAMN IT I JUST WANTED AN ESCAPE-

So, yeah, anyway. Here’s that video. I guess Victoria Justice does a Marcel impression. You should watch the movie if you ever get a chance. It’s lovely.

Rookie-Critic's Top 25 Films of 2022: #4: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp)

Our next entry was nominated in the Animated Feature Film category at the Oscars, although I'm not sure if I would consider this truly an animated film. Regardless, this one's possibly the sweetest film from last year.

What a charmer, Marcel is. This little shell with shoes on gets the award for the most adorable character of 2022, and it helps that the whole film is one gigantic uplift of a movie. The creativity in the set pieces, in the way Marcel and his fellow shells maneuver the big world around them, and the heart the little guy puts into every action he takes is just so wonderful. Not to mention how hilarious it all is. The jokes in the film never miss, and, like all the best family entertainment, there are jokes in there aimed at the adults in the room that are innocent enough to go right over the heads of the younger ones in the audience. Jenny Slate delivers a career-best performance as the titular Marcel, bringing all of the child-like wonder and hope to the role that all of us could use more of. However, as amazing as Slate is, the real show-stopper performance in this one goes to Isabella Rossellini as Marcel's grandmother, Nana Connie, who acts as Marcel's sole companion for most of the film. There is a scene involving Nana Connie and a ladybug in this movie that could easily take the top spot for "Most Moving Film Moment of 2022." It's a unbelievably beautiful moment that moved me to tears in a film that had, up until that point, been mostly just good, wholesome, sweet fun, and it has forever cemented a place in my heart because of it. The film is done in a mockumentary style, with director Dean Fleischer-Camp inserting himself into the film, like the Rob Reiner to Marcel's Spinal Tap, and it makes everything feel very intimate. Marcel isn't just a little claymation figure, he is a fully realized personality. We see Marcel candidly, like we'd see anybody else, and it makes his tiny world feel very real, and very big. We see the world the way Marcel does: vast, wonderful, and full of the possibility that something so seemingly endless brings. A film so good-natured, with characters so lovable, that daring to dislike anything about it feels tantamount to turning away the love of a puppy. Please watch Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. Allow this little shell boy to sweep you away on an adventure that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you fall in love with all the tiny, wonderful things the world has to offer (Marcel included).

Currently streaming on Showtime.

You can read my original review of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On here.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp).

[Jenny] Slate and Fleischer-Camp build on the charming innocence of the open-hearted protagonist. It’s an altogether warm experience that elevates on the inspiration of a curious little funny voice extended to a fully-realized character of wonderment.

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How could you not love this shell? Like the trailers and posters, they say everybody loves the shell…Marcel The Shell With Shoes On. The American audiences did in 2022 Universal Pictures and A24 Films bring Dean Fleischer-Camp’s feature length debut to UK cinemas. Going by the reviews it seems most of the UK critics adore everything they have seen. It’s no surprise this mockumentary potentially…

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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)

dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp

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