6/10
Not For Everyone
28 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I saw Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, starring the voice of Jenny Slate-Venom, Hotel Artemis; the voice of Isabella Rossellini-Enemy, Alias_tv; Dean Fleisher_Camp-a writer and director, this is his first movie and Lesley Stahl-you probably know her from 60 Minutes_tv but she also played herself in Eagle Eye.

This movie is based on a short film of the same name-and You Tube series-that combines stop motion and live actors. It's not for everyone but it is different. Jenny voices the title character, Marcel, a shell with....well, you know. Isabella voices her grandmother shell and they live together. There once was a whole family of shells but after a big fight between the owners of the house they all live in, the rest of the shell family disappeared, along with the owners. Dean plays a film maker that is making a documentary about Jenny and the search for the lost shell family-and a fun fact is that Dean used to be married to Jenny in real life. Lesley plays herself-an investigative reporter from the tv show 60 Minutes-and also wants to help Jenny be reunited with the shell family. Like I said, if you are looking for something a little different. Then this movie is for you.

It's rated PG for some suggestive material and thematic elements and has a running time of 1 hour & 30 minutes.

It's not one that I would buy on DVD but it would be alright as a rental.
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