A24 has another hit on their hands! Following its June 24th opening, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On has scored a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes! Audiences and critics alike have fallen head over heels for the little shell in the big world. A24’s official synopsis describes the film below.

Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family. A beloved character gets his big-screen debut in this hilarious and heartwarming story about finding connection in the smallest corners.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On started out as a collaboration between Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp. The two happened to cross paths at a wedding and were sharing a hotel with five other people to save money. Slate, who had recently been let go from Saturday Night Live after one season, started speaking in a little, funny voice. Fleischer-Camp, who had big dreams of directing, was hooked. After 48 hours of stop-motion filmmaking, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On made his debut in a short film that was uploaded to YouTube in 2010. The short was a viral success and spawned two other short film sequels that were also uploaded to YouTube.

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“Guess why I smile a lot. Because it’s worth it.”

What sets Marcel the movie apart from the Marcel YouTube series is a bigger scale. While the documentary style shorts followed little Marcel around the inside (and outside) of a house, the movie follows the little shell on an adventure to find his lost family, while still keeping the same small-scale charm and documentary style of the shorts. But apparently that’s not what the big studios initially wanted. Fleischer-Camp details on the initial studio ideas.

“All of those ideas were centered on grafting Marcel onto a more familiar tentpole action-adventure franchise. I remember one studio suggested that we partner him with John Cena and they, like, fight crime or whatever.”

Fleischer-Camp and Slate were not impressed. The once-married and now-divorced couple were dead set on keeping to the initial spirit of the shorts for the Marcel movie. Finally, the two found partnership in A24, who agreed to support their initial vision of the movie. Fleischer-Camp continues to detail the importance of keeping Marcel grounded with Newstimes.com.

“It was so obvious that the way to make this movie was to paint a very dignified portrait of Marcel in a documentary style, to tell a really personal and honest story about grief. What was wrong with all those other ideas was they were trying to blow it out. And Marcel does not need to be blown out. He’s already tiny in a blown out, oversize world.”

Looks like the passion has paid off. By sticking to the initial charm of the shorts, Marcel has snuck his way into the hearts of audiences and critics alike. The little shell is now larger than life on the big screen. Currently, there is no news on a release date for streaming services, but because of A24’s deal with Showtime, it’s probably safe to bet that’s where the little shell will end up (aside from digital rental on other services).