“Life can only be understood backwards, but we have to live it forwards.”
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.
Adam Elliot
Adam Elliot
Liz Kearney
Adam Elliot
Gerald Thompson
Elena Kats-Chernin
Sarah Snook
Grace (voice)
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Gilbert (voice)
Jacki Weaver
Pinky (voice)
Magda Szubanski
Ruth Appleby (voice)
Dominique Pinon
Percy Pudel (voice)
Tony Armstrong
Ken (voice)
Paul Capsis
Ian / Narelle (voice)
Eric Bana
James the Magistrate (voice)
Bernie Clifford
Owen Appleby (voice)
Davey Thompson
Ben Appleby (voice)
Charlotte Belsey
Young Grace (voice)
Mason Litsos
Young Gilbert (voice)
... and 34 more
good.film
It feels great to laugh straight after you’ve just welled up. The characters in Memoir of a Snail, the new animated tale from Academy Award winner Adam Elliot, feel authentically real to us - and even though Elliot includes jokes, he doesn’t joke ABOUT them. He lays them bare to us with resp...
Chris Sawin
Australian animator and filmmaker Adam Elliot’s last full-length feature film was Mary and Max (2009). Memoir of a Snail is narrated and told from the point of view of Grace Pudel (Sarah Snook). Grace details her life story that finds humor and sentimentality in the face of depression, shortcomings,...
CinemaSerf
When an elderly lady gives out her last breath, and yells something about potatoes, we realise that “Grace” is now on her own. She’s a middle aged woman wearing a knitted hat with two big eyes poking from stalks on the top. She’s what you might call a glass half empty sort of person, and as she rele...
Mark Kermode reviews Memoir of a Snail (2024) | BFI Player
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Memoir of a Snail writer-director Adam Elliot | BFI Q&A
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Interview with Director Adam Elliot
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Official Clip - I Wasn't Always This Alone
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Sarah Snook on 'Memoir of a Snail' - Featurette
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How Animation Helps Dealing With Tough Subject Manner | TIFF 2024
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