Marcel is an inch-tale seashell with a single googly eye, a pair of Polly Pocket shoes and a very big heart.
Marcel is an inch-tale seashell with a single googly eye, a pair of Polly Pocket shoes and a very big heart.
To Marcel, there’s great joy and pride in getting around as a little guy, and only occasional trepidation.
The experience of being small, and knee-weakeningly cute, is much at the heart of “Marcel the Shell,” very possibly the sweetest movie ever made about a mollusk.
It may be the only movie that can pull off a line like, “Guess why I smile a lot? Uh, cause it’s worth it.”
There’s something unexpectedly tough about Marcel, a resilient soul who faces the ups and downs of life with pluck and playfulness.
“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” could be considered a kids movie or an art-house indie. But its proper audience might be anyone who’s ever felt sanded down by life, and could use a roll in Marcel’s rover.