Shell

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Shell

R

Oct 2025

1h 40m

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Desperate to reclaim her career, once-beloved actress Samantha Lake (Elisabeth Moss) is drawn into the glamorous world of wellness mogul Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson)--only to uncover a monstrous truth beneath its flawless surface.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Nov 3

2/5

At its best, it’s quite funny. At its worst, it’s mildly disgusting, with Moss suffering its most egregious indignities, but Minghella does recover his wit in time to bring Zoe’s role in the mess to a fitting finish.

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Benjamin Lee

Guardian

Oct 3

2/5

If only Shell was as outrageously fun as that all makes it sound, but there’s something oddly flat about it, actor-turned-director Max Minghella struggling to bring the luridly indulgent pleasures that something as silly as this so obviously needs.

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

Oct 3

3/4

As gnarly as things get, director Max Minghella and screenwriter Jack Stanley maintain a keen feeling for farce.

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

4d

When a movie basically reenacts the last scene of John Waters' Multiple Maniancs with what must have been millions more dollars I still have to hand it some slow clap.

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John Stark

Mac the Movie Guy

Nov 2

57/100

Elisabeth Moss is trapped in a schlocky version of the Substance, which suffers from too much foreshadowing and not quite the same biting comedy as its spiritual predecessor.

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Andiee Paviour

Nobody's Reading This But Me

Oct 30

3/5

When did Elisabeth Moss ever not rock a scene? Her relatability is an anchor in a slalom to damnation.

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Louise H

Nov 21

OK movie up until the plot got totally ridiculous. Fat out and silly at the end

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M.N. F

Nov 18

I loved the underlining meaning of this movie. The characters made it feel real. I found my self gasping in disbelief and then giggling a second later.

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CLux13

@clux13 Nov 3

Quite possibly the dumbest movie I have ever seen. I watched it because I love Elizabeth Moss and Kate Hudson. But, the special effects and story line are so lame. It’s hard to be a good actor when there is no story.

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jerry W.

@JNWiatrowski Nov 1

Outrageously UNfunny, bore fest and did I say unfunny?

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alan G.

@agenser Oct 31

Unnecessarily gory. Waste of Elizabeth Moss.

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Dominique H.

Oct 31

It was cool at first, but then it got ridiculous

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Synopsis

Desperate to reclaim her career, once-beloved actress Samantha Lake (Elisabeth Moss) is drawn into the glamorous world of wellness mogul Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson)--only to uncover a monstrous truth beneath its flawless surface.

Director: Max Minghella
Producer: Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Max Minghella, Elisabeth Moss, Lindsey McManus, Hal Sadoff, Norman Golightly, Alicia Van Couvering
Screenwriter: Jack Stanley
Distributor: Republic Pictures
Production Co: Range Media Partners, Blank Tape, Love & Squalor Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 3, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 3, 2025
Runtime: 1h 40m

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