Memoir of a Snail Review • One of the Best Movies of 2024

[@kasparhauser5922]

It's great to see an animated feature that feels more like a creative passion project than a studio product!

[@FeatureUnderground]

Yup. When you're only making a movie every fifteen years, money can't be your primary motivator.

[@Arffff03]

I seen an ad for it on Instagram. I had seen Mary and Max before so I recognized the style, and on a whim I decided to see if it was showing in any theaters near me. Bought my ticket and didn’t really have too many expectations as I didn’t watch the trailer past a few seconds. I was the only one in there on an early Monday after noon around 1:30 pm. Gosh, it was a great film. I cried my eyes out… when I walked out of the theater, all I could think was, “what on earth did I just see?” I have no one to talk to about it so I’m planning on inviting a friend to see it sometime. Might be one of my favorite movies ever

[@FeatureUnderground]

It snuck up on me too. As a critic, you get a flood of emails about new movies/screeners. This one only really caught my eye because I saw Nick Cave's name, whom I'm a big fan of. It's now one of my favorite movies of the year, by far. Thanks for watching and leaving your experience! One of the purposes of this channel is to give an audience to movies like this one that might otherwise go unnoticed.

[@ciaranpatrick6859]

I also saw an ad for it on Instagram and it really piqued my curiosity. Said to myself hey might as well watch it I’ve a couple hours to kill and wow was it incredible

[@slc2466]

Saw it yesterday at the Aero in Santa Monica with a fairly large house, and it went over very well. The movie was endearing and impactful, for sure- specifically, that sister/brother bond was very touching, and had me choking up several times.

[@FeatureUnderground]

The bright side of being a critic is you get sent early copies of movies, but the flip-side is you often don't get to see movies in theaters--on first watch, at least. That's me saying I envy your theater experience. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@slc2466]

@@FeatureUnderground I'm in the L.A. area and, although I'm not a member of the American Cinematheque, I'm on their email list and get RSVP offers to see movies for free, sometimes with the filmmakers attending. It's a method to get a big crowd for specific films, especially around Oscar season. I don't know if I would have seen "Memoir" otherwise, but I found it profoundly moving as well as funny (that broken finger moment just about brought down the house), and would put it at #2 on my list for 2024, behind "Wicked."

[@benjamindover4337]

First I've heard of it. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

[@FeatureUnderground]

I hadn't heard of it until I got the email, and the only thing that caught my attention was Nick Cave's name. Very glad I ended up watching it.

[@Pallasathena-hv4kp]

Wow. Nice review. I really found Mary and Max sweet, real, and so insightful. Thanks for the recommendation. Happy I came upon your channel. 😊

[@FeatureUnderground]

Thank you very much! Happy to have you. Make yourself at home. The tables are for resting your feet.

[@kevzsabz8253]

Hello so here are my current picks in the Best Animated Feature category in next years Oscars: 1. The Wild Robot (United States) - Hand-Painted Computer Animation 2. Inside Out 2 (United States) - Traditional Computer Animation 3. Flow (Latvia) - Hand-Painted Computer Animation 4. Mars Express (France) - Traditional/Hand-Drawn Animation 5. Memoir of a Snail (Australia) - Stop-Motion Animation These are the other Animated films that also might have a chance to get a nomination: Kensuke's Kingdom (Great Britain) - Traditional/Hand-Drawn Animation The Colors Within (Japan) - Japanese Anime The Missing (Philippines) - Rotoscoped Animation Chicken for Linda (France) - Water-Colored Animation The Imaginary (Japan) - Japanese Anime Orion and The Dark (United States) - Traditional Computer Animation Ultraman Rising (United States & Japan) - Traditional Computer Animation Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds (France) -Traditional/Hand-Drawn Animation Four Souls of Coyote (Hungary) - Traditional/Hand-Drawn Animation Transformers One (United States) - Traditional Computer Animation The Glassworker (Pakistan) - Middle Eastern Anime Ghost Cat Anzu (Japan) - Japanese Anime Totto Chan: The Little Girl in the Window (Japan) - Japanese Anime Look Back (Japan) - Japanese Anime Piece by Piece (United States) - Lego-Style Computer Animation The Most Precious Cargoes (France) -Traditional/Hand-Drawn Animation There are five more Animated films that have not yet released these are: Moana 2 (United States) - Traditional Computer Animation Lord of The Rings: The War of Rohirrim (United States & Japan) - Japanese Anime Spellbound (United States) - Traditional Computer Animation Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Great Britain) - Stop-Motion Animation Buffalo Kids (Spain) - Traditional Computer Animation So what do you think? 😊🤗💙

[@FeatureUnderground]

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! Wow, you've put a lot of thought into this. To be completely honest, I'm not a big fan of the Oscars, but if we're just talking the best animated movies of the year, I haven't seen most of these. I'm a voter in the HFCS awards, so I get sent award screeners that allow me to catch up on everything I missed.

[@Pallasathena-hv4kp]

9:50 😂😂😂