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Shellfish

2022 · 82 min

A breezy, charming watch that blends stop-motion whimsy with messy teenage filmmaking and heartfelt family moments.

Directed by
Hunter Hopewell
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Hunter Hopewell, Savanah Joeckel, Mackenzie Amar
Tagline
Life comes in waves.
Overview
A stop motion animator has a week to make a film with his dumbstruck brother and the girl of his dreams without his parents finding out. As their shoot unravels, he must decide which is more important, his filmmaking or close relationships, in this coming-of-age comedy with a twist of stop motion animation.

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Free in the UK
  • Tubi TV
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Hunter Hopewell
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Hunter Hopewell, Savanah Joeckel, Mackenzie Amar
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • art
  • family
  • love
  • identity
Places
  • home
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Hunter Hopewell
Written by
Hunter Hopewell
Starring
Hunter Hopewell, Savanah Joeckel, Mackenzie Amar, Serenity Garcia, Perry Bruno, Tom Peck, Tré Norman, Jalen Bell
Cinematography
Joel Martinez
Runtime
82 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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