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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

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A documentary filmmaker discovers Marcel, a small talkative shell, in his Airbnb and decides to begin making a film about his life.

CertificatePG

Duration90 mins

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  • matthew, 17
  • 127 reviews

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is ADORABLE...

3 stars

18 Jun 2025

So Marcel the shell with Shoes on.

Its a movie that I never get a chance to watch and until, oh uh Netflix is pulling the plug with this on this movie until June 21st, so you probably better hurry with this one.

So I thought be the right time to watched this, and you know what, its worth the watch, so without a further-a-do lets get into it:

Animation: I think the good quality of this movie is a nice blend of stop motion animation and human objects. I love the camera man who is documentary Marcel interactions, they have a good chemistry.

The concept of a small sentient shell going around humans home is both adventurous and cute, it reminds me a lot for Pikmin because the characters are small scale it makes you as the viewer to explore the house.

But I think the only issue I have with this is probably a me problem, that being I didn't fine the story interesting, not to say its boring out loud or lazy, it just didn't speak to me much.

But not that the story can't offer anything, the story of Marcel learning to leave life event it means changes is incredibly enduring, I'll give them that.

Final Thoughts: I don't have much to say this movie but it does deserves the Oscar winner though, so good job on them.

So that's everything I got to say!

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