It would be easy for a movie like this to be cute to the point of being obnoxious, but there’s a real sincerity to its kindness that I would put on par with the Paddington flicks.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 12, 2024

Marcel makes me want to hope again even in the face of everything that wants to bring me down and that's a feeling I want to chase.

Full Review | Jul 3, 2024

A therapeutic, absurdist mockumentary on life.

Full Review | Jun 10, 2024

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On has a simple plot but a character that overcomes the fear of loneliness. It’s a universal feeling that will surely resonate with viewers.

Full Review | Sep 8, 2023

The way director Dean Fleischer Camp mixes stop-motion animation and live action filmmaking is matched by the storytelling’s fusion -- everything gels delightfully.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 28, 2023

A simple but beautiful film about appreciating the little things in life. + Hilarious along the way! A24 has its first family feature & it’s a HIT!

Full Review | Jul 25, 2023

There’s a lot for a one-inch shell to be afraid of. It’s easy to make excuses and turn down opportunities that scare us, and it’s easy to stay in the world that we know, but humanity is at its best when we are brave.

Full Review | Jul 24, 2023

The movie captures how instantaneously something can catch fire on the internet, but "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" is deeper than a profile in viral fame.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 16, 2023

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On tugs at all the right heartstrings, creating a perfect life-affirming film that can be enjoyed by all generations of the family.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 20, 2023

This absurd tale of friendship and mortality is a whimsical yet wise joy, tinged with melancholy.

Full Review | Jun 18, 2023

A heartwarming, hilarious, poignant, and life-affirming story about a mystical shell.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | May 28, 2023

A handcrafted oddity miniature but profound, like its title hero.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 24, 2023

The movie triumphs in recuperating a lost innocence and in getting rid of any kind of cynicism. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 2, 2023

I wasn’t ready to have my soul squelched by the sweet adventures of an anthropomorphic exoskeleton. Yet this gorgeous animation delivers more than a few profound statements about life, community and family.

Full Review | May 1, 2023

It's buoyantly funny, endearing and wonderfully surreal, conjuring plenty of Borrowers-esque magic out of Marcel and Connie's escapades.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 9, 2023

The film sometimes comes close to excessive cutesiness, but quiet wit and visual brilliance more than save it.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 2, 2023

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On delivers a funny and extraordinarily profound story that, though populated by weird little one-eyed seashells in sneakers, is as human as anything you’re likely to encounter. A gorgeous, life-affirming film.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 24, 2023

Bite-sized pearls of wisdom and wonderment from everyone's favourite YouTube crustacean sensation make an elegant shuffle, frequent leaps and occasional tumbles from the internet to the big screen.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 22, 2023

Marcel The Shell With Shoes on has an earnest quality that will win over viewers of all ages, that makes you feel good without an overabundance of treacle.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 22, 2023

A joyous juxtaposition of quotidian, vérité-style dialogue and fancifully inventive visuals that hits a tragicomic sweet spot.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 19, 2023