Memoir of a Snail animation

"A Stop-Motion Heart-Tugger (...) Though the stop-motion aspect will undoubtedly get the most attention, 'Memoir of a Snail' is foremost a feat of screenwriting" 

"It’s a gorgeous film, but it’s also an emotionally intelligent movie, one that shifts and flows between comedy and tragedy, reminding us that life can only be lived forwards. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"In Memoir of a Snail the quirky charms sneak up on you (...) The artisanal spirit and abundant creativity of the enterprise is undeniable, immersing us in a vivid world crafted from clay, wire, paper and paint, without a single frame of CG imagery." 

"In this charming, funny, tear-inducing, and instantly recognizable world, and through the (in)actions of Grace, Elliot tells a gentle, touching, bitter-but-ultimately-sweet fable with a warming message" 

"It’s dazzling as handiwork and world-building, but more questionable if we scrutinize it as just as a work or piece of psychological realism, which it has aspirations of being" 

"[It is] remarkable that 'Memoir of a Snail', peopled though it is with flawed, unpredictable characters, is so reassuringly sane" 

"Life can only be understood backwards, but “Memoir of a Snail” makes a sweetly compelling case that we’ll see the beauty in it one day — such a sweetly compelling case, in fact, that you might just start looking for it now."