Shell

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Shell

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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.

Max Minghella

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Elisabeth Moss

Samantha Lake

Kate Hudson

Zoe Shannon

Arian Moayed

Dr. Hubert

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Jourdain Searles

The Hollywood Reporter

Ultimately, Shell’s observations about the beauty industry are only skin-deep.

Sep 17, 2024

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Katie Rife

IndieWire

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.

Rated: C

Sep 13, 2024

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

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.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 13, 2024

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

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.

Jan 9, 2025

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

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

Rated: 1/4

Oct 16, 2024

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Andrea Thompson

A Reel of One's Own

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...

Sep 30, 2024

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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.

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