Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021 film)

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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021 film)
A poster featuring a shell using a Tootsie Pop wrapper as a parachute.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp
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  • Elisabeth Holm
  • Andrew Goldman
  • Caroline Kaplan
  • Paul Mezey
  • Dean Fleischer Camp
  • Jenny Slate
  • Terry Leonard
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Based on
Characters created
by
  • Dean Fleischer Camp
  • Jenny Slate
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Music by Disasterpeace
Cinematography Bianca Cline
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  • Dean Fleischer Camp
  • Nick Paley
Production
company
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  • Cinereach
  • You Want I Should LLC.
  • Human Woman Inc.
  • Sunbeam TV & Films
  • Chiodo Bros. Productions
Distributed by A24(United States) Universal Pictures (United Kingdom)
Release dates
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  • September 3, 2021 (2021-09-03) (Telluride)
  • June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24) (United States)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $6.3 million[1][2]

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a 2021 American live-action stop-motion animated mockumentary comedy-drama film directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (in his feature directorial debut), with a screenplay by Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate and Nick Paley from a story by Fleischer Camp, Slate, Paley and Elisabeth Holm. It is based on a series of shorts of the same name written by Slate and Fleischer Camp. Slate reprises her voice role as Marcel, an anthropomorphic shell living with his grandmother Connie. Fleischer Camp, Rosa Salazar, Thomas Mann, Lesley Stahl, and Isabella Rossellini also star.

The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 3, 2021, and began a limited release in the United States on June 24, 2022, before its wide release on July 15, by A24 to critical acclaim.

Plot

Following the end of his marriage, documentary filmmaker Dean moves into an Airbnb and discovers Marcel, a one-inch-tall talking shell living in the home with his grandmother, Nana Connie, and Alan, his pet ball of lint. Inspired by Marcel's whimsicality, resourcefulness, and fascination with the world, Dean begins filming Marcel's daily activities, most of which consist of gathering resources from the backyard in order to support himself and Nana Connie. Connie is wise but she has some dementia. She tends to her garden assisted by insects she has befriended. Marcel and Connie share their mutual love of 60 Minutes and Lesley Stahl. Dean uploads his first video about Marcel to YouTube, where it quickly becomes a cultural phenomenon. Marcel is both flattered and overwhelmed with his newfound popularity, lamenting that his family is not around to celebrate it with him.

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 uninterested 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[citation needed] 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.

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.

Cast

Production

Chiodo Bros. Production (known for the 1988 cult classic Killer Klowns from Outer Space) led animation, with Edward Chiodo as animation producer and Kirsten Lepore as animation director. Stephen Chiodo was the film's supervising animation director. Bianca Cline led live action cinematography, while Eric Adkins (Mars Attacks!, The PJs) led stop-motion cinematography.[3]

Music

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Main article: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (soundtrack)

Release

The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 3, 2021.[4][5] It was also shown at SXSW in March 2022.[6]

In November 2021, A24 acquired the distribution rights.[7] The film was released in select theaters in the United States on June 24, 2022,[8] before releasing nationwide on July 15.[9] The film was released on shop.a24films.com on Blu-Ray & 4k Ultra HD and in Canada on standard dvd+digital and Blu-Ray and everywhere digitally on September 5, 2022.

Reception

Box office

In the United States and Canada, the film made $169,606 from six theaters in its opening weekend.[10] It then made $262,022 from 22 theaters in its second[11] and $322,167 from 48 theaters in its third.[12] Playing in 153 theaters the following weekend, the film added another $567,918, bringing its four-week running total to $1.7 million.[13] The film expanded to 590 theatres in the second wide weekend, grossing $874,302 with the average revenue on $1,481, finishing eleventh at the box office.[14] It continued to gross $671,361 from 821 theaters in its third wide weekend and $345,484 from 498 theaters in its fourth wide weekend, both times finishing fourteenth at the box office.[15][16]

Critical response

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 99% of 148 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The critical consensus reads, "Poignant, profound, and utterly heartwarming, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is animated entertainment with real heart."[17] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[18]

Accolades

On July 20, 2022, Dean Fleischer Camp said that even with the film having animated characters living and interacting with a live-action world, it will be eligible for consideration to be nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 95th Academy Awards in 2023. He went on to say that in order for it to be considered, he and A24 will have to submit documentation to prove that it has met the requirements in which "animation must figure in no less than 75 percent of the picture's running time. In addition, a narrative animated film must have a significant number of characters animated."[19][20] On November 9, 2022, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially deemed the film eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature category.[21] It also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film,[22] but lost to Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.[23]

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Heartland Film Festival October 16, 2022 Truly Moving Picture Award Dean Fleischer Camp Won
Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards July 1, 2022 Best Picture Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Nominated [24]
Best Indie Film Nominated
Saturn Awards October 25, 2022 Best Animated Film Release Won [25][26]
New York Film Critics Circle Awards December 2, 2022 Best Animated Film Won [27]
National Board of Review December 8, 2022 Best Animated Film Won [28]
New York Film Critics Online Awards December 11, 2022 Best Animated Feature Won [29]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards December 11, 2022 Best Animated Film Runner-up [30]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 12, 2022 Best Animated Feature Nominated [31]
Best Voice Performance Jenny Slate Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2022 Best Animated Film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Nominated [32]
Utah Film Critics Association December 17, 2022 Best Animated Feature Won [33]
Best Adapted Screenplay Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley and Elisabeth Holm Won
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards December 18, 2022 Best Animated Film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Won [34]
Best Scene "Marcel on 60 Minutes" Nominated
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 19, 2022 Best Animated Film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Runner-up [35]
Indiana Film Journalists Association Film Awards December 19, 2022 Best Picture Finalist [36]
Best Animated Film Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley and Elisabeth Holm Nominated
Best Director Dean Fleischer Camp Nominated
Best Vocal/Motion-Capture Performance Jenny Slate Won
Isabella Rossellini Runner-up
Best Musical Score Disasterpeace Nominated
Original Vision Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Runner-up
Phoenix Film Critics Society December 19, 2022 Best Animated Feature Won [37]
PFCS 2022 Top Ten Won
The Overlooked Film of the Year Won
Florida Film Critics Circle December 22, 2022 Best Animated Film Nominated [38]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 5, 2023 Best Animated Film Nominated [39]
Best Animated Female "Connie" (Isabella Rossellini) Won
San Diego Film Critics Society January 6, 2023 Best Animated Film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Runner-up [40]
Toronto Film Critics Association January 8, 2023 Best Animated Film Runner-up [41]
Best First Feature Runner-up
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle January 9, 2023 Best Animated Feature Nominated [42]
Austin Film Critics Association January 10, 2023 Best Animated Film Won [43]
Best First Film Dean Fleischer Camp Nominated
Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance Jenny Slate Won
Cinema Eye Honors January 13, 2023 Heterodox Award Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Nominated [44]
Seattle Film Critics Society January 17, 2023 Best Animated Feature Pending [45]
Satellite Awards February 11, 2023 Best Motion Picture – Animated or Mixed Media Pending [46]
Golden Globe Awards January 10, 2023 Best Motion Picture – Animated Nominated [47]
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards January 13, 2023 Best Animated Film Runner-up [48][49]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 15, 2023 Best Animated Feature Pending [50]
Art Directors Guild Awards February 18, 2023 Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film Liz Toonkel Pending [51]
Houston Film Critics Society February 18, 2023 Best Animated Feature Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Pending [52]
Hollywood Critics Association Awards February 24, 2023 Best Animated Film Pending [53]
Best Indie Film Pending
Best Voice or Motion-Capture Performance Jenny Slate Pending
Producers Guild of America Awards February 25, 2023 Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Pending [54]
Independent Spirit Awards March 4, 2023 Best Editing Dean Fleischer-Camp and Nick Paley Pending [55]

Notes

  1. ↑ Via archive footage of Conan.
  2. ↑ Via archive footage of NBC Nightly News.

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