Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Movie • 2021
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Yes by various characters. Spoilers ahead!
Marcel feels sad that he never got to say goodbye to his parents and community, including his weird neighbors. This film focuses on the grief and loneliness felt by Marcel as he and his grandma learn to live around that.
Marcel's grandma, Nana Connie, disappears while he and Dean are (finally!) preparing for their interview on 60 minutes with anchor Lesley Stahl. She told him she loved him beforehand. He did too.
It's a heartbreaking but also very beautiful scene.
Marcel feels sad that he never got to say goodbye to his parents and community, including his weird neighbors. This film focuses on the grief and loneliness felt by Marcel as he and his grandma learn to live around that.
Marcel's grandma, Nana Connie, disappears while he and Dean are (finally!) preparing for their interview on 60 minutes with anchor Lesley Stahl. She told him she loved him beforehand. He did too.
It's a heartbreaking but also very beautiful scene.
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It’s not outright domestic violence but there are multiple flashbacks of the couple that lived in the house loudly arguing and things in the house being broken in moments of physical aggression. It’s never deeply explored or clear what is happening or why beyond a couple fighting, but it can be a tense moment at least for dv survivors
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Not exactly stalking per se, but people find out where Marcel lives they come to the house and take pictures, break in, etc.
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Are there snakes?
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Close up of an earthworm though that you could argue has some snake-like movement
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Is an animal sad?
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A sentient shell, not technically an animal.
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There are but they are cutesy with googly eyes and they're way too small to be tarantulas. Also they don't move a lot. My partner is unbelievably arachnophobic and wasn't scared at all.
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Are animals abused?
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No, but a squirrel gets stuck in someone’s house and is chased out. Does not seem to be in distress.
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Close-up on a bee, multiple tarantulas, flies, beetles, earthworm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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In addition to the previous comment about the grandma, there is a scene where a bee has “drank a little too much nectar” according to the grandma and makes some respiratory/gurgling sounds that sound a bit like they’re struggling to breathe
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Does someone break a bone?
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Technically no, the grandmother's shell gets broken though.
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No, though marcel does intentionally jump from the stairs multiple times, but it’s lighthearted in an effort to launch an Orange from a spoon
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**Spoiler** No, but the grandma does suffer a fall off-screen that eventually leads to her death later as she fails to recover from the injuries she sustained
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Does a head get squashed?
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No, but the grandma suffers a visible head injury (you see it as a hole in the upper part of her shell)
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The ages of the shells abducted are unclear, but some are children
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marcels grandma passes
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Adding onto the previous comment with some spoilers ahead!
Marcel's grandma, Nana Connie, disappears/passes away off screen. Her loss was felt by everyone, especially. They hold a funeral for her at the end of the film. Marcel sings The Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling" in her honor with all of his family and friends there. It was honestly really beautiful.
Marcel's grandma, Nana Connie, disappears/passes away off screen. Her loss was felt by everyone, especially. They hold a funeral for her at the end of the film. Marcel sings The Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling" in her honor with all of his family and friends there. It was honestly really beautiful.
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Does a parent die?
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Parent-figure. The grandmother character Nana Connie passes away after an injury and illness.
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Marcel's family was taken from their home against their will
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marcels gma passes
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Yes, Marcel vomits multiple times while on a car ride. He is shown in distress after this happens.
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Marcel gets carsick and spits up multiple times
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No actual eating disorders, but the sick grandma pretends to eat in front of Marcel before throwing the whole meal away when he isn't looking.
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It's mentioned a character off screen got washed in the washing machine and "wasn't the same anymore" and would stare out the window for hours/days. It's implied that it's PTSD
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grandma shell has dementia
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About as much as you would expect from a mockumentary if not less. I think the most egregious is when marcel calls the videographer into the room while he’s looking for his family and the person with the camera runs down the hall
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Barely and depending on where. In the first few minutes, there is a lightning storm during the flashback to the couple's first argument, but the flashes weren't rapid enough to be uncomfortable (I recall three in as many seconds, and two later also sparsed out). If watching at Angelika cinemas, their logo before the film has alternating flashing panels of bright colored lines against a black background that I had to shield my eyes from.
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Paranoia
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when marcel is reading youtube comments, he comes across one that refers to him by she/her pronouns and is confused
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The grandma sometimes forgets things that were just told to her.
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Close to Nana Connie's death, she grows quiet and stops eating. Nothing too graphic.
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The ending is bittersweet
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