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Memoir of a Snail

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In 1970s Australia, Grace's life is troubled by misfortune and loss. After their mother dies during pregnancy, she and her twin brother, Gilbert, are raised by their paraplegic-alcoholic former juggler father, Percy. Despite a life filled with love, tragedy strikes anew when Percy passes away in his sleep. The siblings are forcibly separated and thrust into separate homes. Gilbert finds himself in the care of a cruel evangelical family, while Grace, grappling with intense loneliness, gradually withdraws into her shell, much like the snails she adopts. As the years pass, and despite new disappointments and sorrows, a glimmer of hope emerges when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman called Pinky.
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This stop motion odyssey of hope triumphing over life's despair with humanity to spare makes Memoir of a Snail a deft, heartfelt tale.

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Adam Graham Detroit News That's the trick of Elliot's storytelling: Through animation and inside his artificial world, he tells one of the year's most human stories. Rated: B+ Nov 9, 2024 Full Review Amy Nicholson Washington Post A grubby delight, a stop-motion charmer that feels like falling into a dumpster and discovering an orchid. Nov 2, 2024 Full Review Caroline Siede Girl Culture (Substack) A moving, off-color story about hope in the face of suffering, Memoir of A Snail is above all a love letter to the wallflowers and homebodies among us; the people who sometimes feel more like snails curled up inside their shells than human beings. Rated: A- Nov 1, 2024 Full Review Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast The mundane existence of average slowly moving through life looking for acceptance is handled through grace and humor in Adam Elliot’s long overdue follow-up to his great Mary & Max with astonishing stop-motion animation. Rated: 3.5/4 Nov 12, 2024 Full Review Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion For grown-up viewers who appreciate something off the beaten track, this abundantly clever example of animation that magically melds tragedy and comedy will prove a consistently inventive and engaging treat. Rated: B+ Nov 11, 2024 Full Review Sean P. Means The Movie Cricket The care with which Elliot approaches the story, and brings Grace’s hard-knock childhood and lonely adult years into focus, is a perfect melding of artistic fancy and emotional connection. Rated: 3.5/4 Nov 11, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Scott The animation was amazing. The film unfortunately not. If you want to see a movie portray every ill and rotten part of society for 95% of it’s entire time, and try to toss in a few minutes of redemption at the end this might be the film for you. There was so much darkness for so long that the end didn’t really bring you out of it and I walked away feeling gloomy and sad. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/12/24 Full Review pdawg Beautiful visuals. Unique art style. Rollercoaster of emotions. Funny as hell. Life changing. Super wholesome and cute. You WILL cry from laughter and from sadness. Go see it :) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/10/24 Full Review Mario Just like masterful technique or brilliant colors will not make a painting about child of use or animal torture a work of art, the painful work of doing a stop gap animation movie does not make this a good piece of art. In this case it is simply garbage. If you want to see a film in which touches alcoholism, drunk, driving child, abuse, torture, exorcism, sex fetish, etc., watch this. Otherwise, your time is better I spent watching paint dry. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/10/24 Full Review Beluemyst It was a beautifully animated claymation movie, with a quirky adult minded twist. A really great message to make you evaluate your own lifes path and warm your heart. It will make you picture and remember the story and visuals long after the movie is over. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/10/24 Full Review Shannon P Quirky top=animation film about snails....and life. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/09/24 Full Review TripleE This movie was so entertaining and a very unique and strange in a good kind of way I loved this movie and it deserves infinity stars Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In 1970s Australia, Grace's life is troubled by misfortune and loss. After their mother dies during pregnancy, she and her twin brother, Gilbert, are raised by their paraplegic-alcoholic former juggler father, Percy. Despite a life filled with love, tragedy strikes anew when Percy passes away in his sleep. The siblings are forcibly separated and thrust into separate homes. Gilbert finds himself in the care of a cruel evangelical family, while Grace, grappling with intense loneliness, gradually withdraws into her shell, much like the snails she adopts. As the years pass, and despite new disappointments and sorrows, a glimmer of hope emerges when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman called Pinky.
Director
Adam Elliot
Producer
Liz Kearney, Adam Elliot
Screenwriter
Adam Elliot
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Arenamedia
Rating
R (Nudity|Some Violent Content|Sexual Content)
Genre
Comedy, Animation, Drama
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 25, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$144.0K
Runtime
1h 34m