Little White Lies

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Released 17 FEBRUARY

ANTICIPATION.

Quirky YouTube shorts make the leap to the big screen 3

ENJOYMENT.

An offbeat addition to 2022’s strong animation landscape. 4

IN RETROSPECT.

Delicate, yet resonant. 4

t may seem like something of a backhanded comment to say that someone has a voice for animation, but for all of on down), Jenny Slate’s undeniable gift is purely vocal. And despite sparky turns in cartoon series from to , no project has captured that as well as her shoestring breakthrough, – a series of shorts released on YouTube between 2010 and 2014, created with Slate’s then-partner (and now ex-husband), director Dean Fleischer-Camp.

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