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Shell
Directed by
Max Minghella
R
2025
1h 40m
Comedy
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Horror
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4.9
63%
24%
5.1
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Desperate to reclaim her career, once-beloved actress Samantha Lake is drawn into the glamorous world of wellness mogul Zoe Shannon -only to uncover a monstrous truth beneath its flawless surface.
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Cast of Shell
Elisabeth Moss
Samantha Lake / Producer
Kate Hudson
Zoe Shannon
Kaia Gerber
Chloe Benson
Arian Moayed
Dr. Hubert
Este Haim
Lydia
Elizabeth Berkley
Jenna Janero
Leanne Suter
TV Anchor
Amy Landecker
Detective Flores
Lionel Boyce
Detective Abramson
Ziwe
Audrey
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Casting Director
Dustin Milligan
Devin
Brandon Keener
Brett
Zach Sowers
Ken Doll
Blake Lee
Sebastian
Spencer Neville
Tyler
Eric Satterberg
Simon
Jilana Stewart
Swimmer
Monica Garcia Pérez
Rosa
Desiree Estrada
Beautiful Woman (uncredited)
Shell Ratings & Reviews
RogerEbert.com
Glenn Kenny
As gnarly as things get, director Max Minghella and screenwriter Jack Stanley maintain a keen feeling for farce.
My Champlain Valley
Julia Swift
The Shell's comedy, bordering on high camp, is grounded by Elisabeth Moss who can make any script feel real. The film is a super fun ride that then makes you want to talk about the themes - and that is one of the great joys of going to the movies.
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
Filled with pleasingly insane plot developments.
Collider
Luna Guthrie
Shell is the kind of intelligent horror movie that keeps itself accessible to wider audiences. Taking a tale as old as time, it adorns it with the accoutrements of soft body horror, and ultimately tells the audience members to keep their chins up.
Chicago Reader
Noah Berlatsky
Shell's a decent movie. It's just unfortunate that in release date, plot, and theme, it so closely parallels a better one.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
"Shell" isn't a major viewing event, but it has a few ghoulish ideas and screen energy to share, going to a few crazy places for viewers interested in oddball endeavors.
Loud and Clear Reviews
Justin Kim
Shell tries to be both a social critique and a campy B-grade monster flick, but that indecision leaves it as only an empty shell of the two genres.
The Hollywood Outsider
Amanda Sink
A stylish blend of sci-fi satire and emotional depth, Shell explores the cost of beauty and identity in a future where youth comes at a chilling price.
Screen Zealots
Louisa Moore
Equally campy, hilarious, and disgusting, the film operates in a space inhabited by cult classics like "The Fly" and "Tusk," but it never fully commits to the depth its premise seems to promise.
Movie Madness Podcast
Erik Childress
A film that plays like a really subpar Michael Crichton medical thriller from the '70s or '80s wasting Elisabeth Moss while films like The Substance lays it to waste
A Reel of One's Own
Andrea Thompson
In an age where beauty influencers have become the new gurus, promising fulfillment on the inside and out, the movie wastes any potential Zoe has for great villain status...
The Playlist
Ankit Jhunjhunwala
"Shell" is a breezy watch and maintains a light, playful tone throughout- the audience is meant to laugh with and at the movie.
Collider
Shaina Weatherhead
It's best to enjoy Shell for what it is: a quirky, mildly skin-crawling, at times laugh-out-loud satire boasting an exceptional cast, some so-so body horror, and one very angry lobster.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jourdain Searles
Ultimately, Shell's observations about the beauty industry are only skin-deep.
Screen Rant
Graeme Guttmann
Shell takes too long to unravel its central mystery & once it gets to the body horror it teases in the beginning, the film begins to pull its punches.
But Why Tho? A Geek Community
Sarah Musnicky
While the film might have been a risk for Minghella, Shell fails to take any until its climax. Too timid to align with a tone and commit, the film dances around, squandering its opportunity for anything significant to explore the topics it's dealing with
Next Best Picture
Dan Bayer
"Shell" certainly does take the audience on a ride, but instead of a roller coaster, it's more like a Gravitron, where the centrifugal force keeps you pinned to the outer wall even when the floor drops out from under you.
IndieWire
Katie Rife
When it accepts its destiny as a '50s-style rubber-suit sci-fi monster movie, Shell does have camp value to it. Even then, it still doesn't commit to the bit hard enough to make it successful.
Bloody Disgusting
Meagan Navarro
Minghella crafts an escapist love letter to '90s cinema. Its revolving door of genres and cheeky sense of humor makes for a welcome trip down memory lane.
TheWrap
Chase Hutchinson
If you consider "Shell" the B-side to "The Substance," you'll probably come away feeling a whole lot less crabby about its many shortcomings and find yourself willing to wait for the much bigger swings that it takes.
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