Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Review

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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is about as simple as the YouTube shorts it's based on. He is Marcel and he is a shell wearing shoes while he walks around musing about his simple shell life. He displays no anger, no bitterness, or bleakness about his tiny existence. And he observes life much like children do with a level of innocence and humor that makes him infectious to hang out while he converses with the audience about his perceived reality.

Dean Fleischer-Camp's adaptation of his short film to a feature could have worn out its welcome. A shell spouting random jokes about his daily life is not easy to make interesting for 90-minutes. Yet, somehow thanks to an existential and spiritual approach to Marcel's story, Fleischer-Camp has made a masterpiece with Marcel the Shell with Shoes On that both children and audiences will find accessible. Plus, Marcel is just an insightful little man with lots to say.

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The movie centers on Marcel (Jenny Slate) and his friend Dean (Dean Fleischer-Camp) who is documenting the daily life of his tiny shell friend. Similar to the shorts, Marcel remarks on the extraordinary and the simple things around him. He rides around in a tennis ball, he has a room with a bed made of bread that he coins as the «breadroom.» And Marcel has many rigged setups around the home that he demonstrates to Dean like a child wanting to show his best friend a new toy.

This time Marcel is not alone and is accompanied by his grandmother Nana Connie (Isabella Rossellini). She is an equally charming lady shell who has a tiny garden and spends her time tending to flying insects that provide her with something equally beneficial to the plant life and to her. Most of the film