Memoir of a Snail

Name: Memoir of a Snail
Genre: Drama, Animation
Released: October 25, 2024
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 81

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IFC Films | Release Date: October 25, 2024 | NR

Summary: From Academy Award winning animator Adam Elliot comes this bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel - a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea-pigs.

Genre(s): Drama, Animation

Rating: NR

Runtime: 94 min

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Liam Lacey

Nov 13, 2024

The genuine cathartic effect of the film is achieved by an accumulation of smart choices, including the dryly witty narration, the ingenious visual surreal world building using kids’ crafts table materials, the strong voice cast (including vocal cameos from Eric Bana and Nick Cave) and an elegant classical-style score. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Jul 19, 2024

As hilarious as it is heart-wrenching – frequently within the same scene. Read full review

Screen Rant Mary Kassel

Oct 25, 2024

Memoir of a Snail never asks us or the narrative to compare the depth of sadness or experience. Every experience is treated with equal weight and importance. Even as we realize that Grace's life is becoming a string of misfortunes, it's impossible not to stick with her. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jul 19, 2024

There’s an ingenuousness and innocence to Memoir of a Snail, a family-entertainment approachability that belies a strange intensity. Read full review

Tara Brady

Feb 13, 2025

For all the gloom, this is a lovely, heartfelt creation from the Oscar-winning animator. Read full review

Jocelyn Noveck

Oct 22, 2024

A film that’s as heart-tugging as it is technically impressive, a work of both emotional resonance and great physical detail using only clay, wire, paper and paint. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Oct 24, 2024

Though crafted with wry care and a captivatingly scuzzy aesthetic, the bittersweet biography is so miserable that the “sweet” ends up as a cloying chaser to old escargot. Read full review

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