80
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42 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The A.V. ClubCourtney HowardThe A.V. ClubCourtney HowardUltimately, Marcel’s clever creators reward our willingness to believe he and his world are real, while offering an opportunity to look at our own world from a different perspective.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeMarcel the Shell With Shoes On is a film with much to offer when it comes to lessons and laughs. It even handles its primary themes about loss, grief and community with humor and grace, an approach that, these days, seems especially hard to find.
- 85SlashfilmJacob HallSlashfilmJacob HallIt's easy to imagine this becoming a favorite movie for curious, creative kids and their cineaste parents — a cute, sweet, funny, imaginative tale dressed up like reality, an ode to survivors and the power of community.
- 85Film ThreatAlan NgFilm ThreatAlan NgWhile simple, there is great depth to this uncomplicated story.
- 83IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandMarcel the Shell seamlessly marries big ideas with charm and humor (and inventive stop-motion work to boot). In short, it’s the cutest film about familial grief you’ll see all year, perhaps ever.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeDon’t miss this strange, special little film.
- 80IGNRafael MotamayorIGNRafael MotamayorMarcel the Shell With Shoes On suffers from an aimless plot that feels stretched too thin, but it provides one of the most endearing and adorable animated characters since Paddington Bear. It delivers enough heart, laughs, and innocence to forgive its shortcomings.
- 75Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithDean Fleischer-Camp’s Marcel the Shell with Shoes On convincingly proves that bigger sometimes is better.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonMarcel The Shell With Shoes On manages to harness enough of what initially made this diminutive protagonist such an unexpected treat; in particular, Slate’s endearing vocal performance.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWhile Marcel the Shell with Shoes might have lost its cutesy, two-person production DIY cachet, he finishes the journey to the big screen with his charm and Slate’s wit intact. What he goes through can be laugh-out-loud weird, and surprisingly touching. And if this film is Marcel’s teeny, tiny curtain call as a cultural phenomenon, it’s a perfectly adorable one.