Memoir of a Snail
2024 · Movie · R · 94 min · ★ 8.0 · 88% critics
After being forcibly separated from her twin brother, a melancholic misfit grows up carrying loss, everyday disappointments, and a stubborn sense of humor. Told like a personal memoir, she searches for confidence in herself while her life gets increasingly cluttered with misfortune.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-10-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (778 votes)
About
If you want an offbeat stop-motion story that mixes dark melancholy with sharp laughs and genuine warmth, you’ll likely enjoy Memoir of a Snail; Not for you if you prefer lighter animated tales like Mary and Max or Flowers, or if you can’t handle consistently bleak adult themes.
Pros: quirky claymation charm; heartfelt humor; inventive details | Cons: heavy, gloomy tone; emotionally repetitive; some say rushed ending
Themes
- depression
- difficult childhood
- death of father
- stop motion
- foster family
- adult animation
- death in childbirth
- broken family
- claymation
- brother sister relationship
- snail
- adoring
Awards & recognition
- Annecy Cristal — a Feature Film · 2024
- Academy Award — Best Animated Feature · 2024 · nominated
- Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Animated Feature · 2024 · nominated
Cast & crew
Sarah Snook
as Grace (voice)
Kodi Smit-McPhee
as Gilbert (voice)
Jacki Weaver
as Pinky (voice)
Magda Szubanski
as Ruth Appleby (voice)
Dominique Pinon
as Percy Pudel (voice)
Tony Armstrong
as Ken (voice)
Paul Capsis
as Ian / Narelle (voice)
Eric Bana
as James the Magistrate (voice)
- BC
Bernie Clifford
as Owen Appleby (voice)
Davey Thompson
as Ben Appleby (voice)
Directed by Adam Elliot