It’s been 15 years since Australian filmmaker Adam Elliot’s last stop-motion marvel, “Mary and Max.” And his latest, “Memoir of a Snail,” couldn’t have arrived at a better time.
The new movie, like Elliot’s previous film, liberally mixes tragedy and comedy, following the life of Grace Pudel (voiced by “Succession” star Sarah Snook) as she endures countless missteps, including the estrangement of her twin brother (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and a disappointing love life. (The title comes from Grace’s proclivity to see herself as a snail due to her introverted nature and cleft lip. She has a pet snail named Sylvia and later collects snails in her adult life, becoming a hoarder.)