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Jenny Slate in Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)

Review by ThereelscoopwithKK

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

3/10

Doesnt Live Up to the Hype

There's a reason that an entire subcategory of movie is called a short and this story very much belonged there like the other stories relating to this character. Even at just 90 minutes runtime it certainly overstays its welcome. At first some of the ways Marcel managed to function around the house are interesting and I suppose sort of cute, but once you've seen it all it gets very repetitive. Much of the dialogue attempts to be deep and meaningful but didn't do enough for me to really become invested.

One possible takeaway is that in reality we are all like Marcel and just small beings in an infinitely large universe. It's not always the big things we achieve in life that define us, but the small intimate connections along the way that make life worth living.

However, this theme could very well have been expressed equally or perhaps even better in a 15 minute short.
  • ThereelscoopwithKK
  • Jan 24, 2023

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