‘Memoir of a Snail’ Director Reflects on ‘Gratifying’ Response From LGBTQ+ Audiences and Proclaims: ‘There Shouldn’t Even Be an Animated Category’

‘Memoir of a Snail’ Director Reflects on ‘Gratifying’ Response From LGBTQ+ Audiences and Proclaims: ‘There Shouldn’t Even Be an Animated Category’

In a category that is often filled with animated films geared toward children and families, “Memoir of a Snail” and its themes of depression and conversion therapy immediately stand out in this year’s Best Animated Feature category. But this isn’t the first time that director Adam Elliot has found himself at the Academy Awards, with his short “Harvie Krumpet” winning 21 years ago. Elliot notes how the success of “Harvie Krumpet” helped get “Ma…

Memoir of a Snail review: A lovely, heartfelt creation from an Oscar-winning animator

Adam Elliot has created a dark, antipodean fable of divided siblings

Memoir Of A Snail

Adam Elliot’s tale of separated twins in 1970s Australia is a funny and moving stop-motion animation triumph. Grace and Gilbert are separated as children due to tragic circumstances; Grace goes to live with a ‘swinger’ couple, while Gilbert is ensconced with a religious fundamentalist family. Then Grace’s life changes when she meets old Pinkie, who has ‘done it all’ – from making love to John Denver to playing ping pong with Fidel Castro.

Memoir of a Snail Review - Culturefly

Quite a way into Memoir of a Snail, our woebegone heroine Grace (Sarah Snook) announces to the pet snail she’s been telling her life story, “And then things got even worse!”  That sentence is so uniformly true through so much of the movie, it could have been an alternate title. Grace’s mother died giving birth… The post Memoir of a Snail Review appeared first on Culturefly.