Memoir of a Snail Review (2024) — 85% Celluloid Score
Directed by Adam Elliot · 2024 ·
Memoir of a Snail (2024) earns a 85% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
Calculated from 4 available inputs: Celluloid editorial rating, Metascore, Letterboxd and IMDb. Audience sentiment is shown separately and never changes the composite. See how we calculate scores.
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🏆 1 award win · 1 nomination — Won Best Animated Film, AACTA Awards 2024
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Where to watch Memoir of a Snail by country
| Country | Streaming on |
|---|---|
| India | Prime Video |
| South Korea | TVING |
| Turkey | TV+ |
| United States | Hulu, AMC+, Sundance Now |
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Why this score?
- Celluloid's editorial rating is exceptional (95/100).
- Audiences widely enjoyed it (90%).
- Metascore signals universal acclaim (81/100).
- Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4.2/5).
- Celluloid Score 85% combines 4 verified rating inputs; audience sentiment is shown separately.
Best for
- Viewers who want a well-regarded animation, drama, comedy pick
- Short runtime — easy weeknight watch
Not ideal for
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Is Memoir of a Snail worth watching?
Yes — Memoir of a Snail earns a 85% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Celluloid Verdict
Adam Elliot's painstaking stop-motion is melancholy and marvellous in equal measure — a wickedly funny, deeply humane tale voiced with real feeling by Sarah Snook.
Celluloid editorial verdict
Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
What is Memoir of a Snail about?
Separated from her twin brother and shuttled between grim foster homes, a lonely, snail-collecting misfit narrates a life of hoarding and heartbreak — a handmade claymation memoir that finds startling warmth in the bleakest corners of a life.
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Critic Reviews
Memoir of a Snail Review: Handmade Sorrow, Handmade Grace
★★★★½
Adam Elliot's Memoir of a Snail is a painstaking claymation memoir of a lonely, hoarding misfit that finds startling warmth in the bleakest material — melancholy, wickedly funny and voiced with real feeling by Sarah Snook.
A handcrafted marvel of stop-motion — heartbreaking, funny and humane in equal measure. Animation for grown-ups at its finest.
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