Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with IFC Films‘ stop-motion animated tragicomedy Memoir of a Snail. Written and directed by ...

Memoir of a Snail Rated R for clay nudity, violence and alcoholism, as well as talk of adult matters. Running time: 1 hour 34 minutes. In theaters. Memoir of a Snail. Find Tickets.

Voiced by Australian stars Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jacki Weaver, this decidedly grown-up piece of animation makes a sophisticated case for the medium.