Nowadays, Grace (voiced by Sarah Snook) is pretty much an old (or actually not so old) spinster, with her best friend Pinky (Jacki Weaver), the only mother figure she has ever had, having just died. And these days, snails are Grace's only friends, since everybody seems to have fallen by the wayside, starting with her mum she lost at childbirth, her father who drank himself to death, and her brother Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee), who has always been her hero but who has been adopted by a family living halfway across the country. Then there was her boyfiriend Ken (Tony Armstrong), who was nice enough until she found out about his perverted tendencies. And there was of course Pinkiy, who taught her pretty much everything - until she began suffering from Alzheimer's and Grace had to return the favour by taking care of her ...

Based on above synopsis, Memoir of a Snail sounds like a pretty sad movie - and to an extent it is ... but only to an extent, as this is also a film that finds at least an ounce of humour in pretty much everything, that has surreal and absurdist tendencies to counterbalance its bleak melancholy, and its wonderful character and set designs paired with its beautifully old school stop motion techniques make this one extremely charming - and just a truly amazing watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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