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Film Review - Memoir of a Snail

Film Review - Memoir of a Snail

Adam Elliot’s grown-up stop-motion animation gem is an offbeat, melancholy delight

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Feb 24, 2025
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This sublime stop-motion feature by Mary and Max (2009) writer-director Adam Elliot may well be dismissed by those who still, despite the many examples to the contrary, believe animation is always for children. I was reminded of this depressing reality recently in an unwelcome interaction with a particularly boorish acquainta…

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