Obviously its very hard to give this massively high marks, as the subject matter is not the most interesting. However I did enjoy it, it is slow paced, but has that knack of using silences to convey much more than dialog can.
A British drama A story about a girl who works at a remote gas station in the West coast of Scotland with her father. Their physical isolation and reliance on each other trigger confusing emotions.
A lonely existence in an isolated spot, looking after an introverted epileptic father.In spite of the minimalistic tone both in terms of story, scenery and characters a good job has been done in terms of narrating the story of a father and a daughter in this seemingly isolated existence.
This film is interesting. The setting is beautiful and so are the shots.
Shell is a seventeen year-old girl living with her father at a gas station in Scotland in the middle of nowhere. He sells old cars for scrap metal, while she pumps gas and cooks and cleans, much as a wife would do.
Artsy-fartsy character study of creepy father and daughter combo stranded in the middle of nowhere. As the minutes of your life tick away never to return the only comfort to be had is the knowledge that at least your life is not as godawful as theirs.
First, I just want to say that as a Scottish person, the father Pete sounded very English. I know now that he is from England, but you'd think that they could have found someone who could at least "sound" Scottish to play a Scottish man.
To think that Lottery money was invested in this effort! The dialogue was less than understandable, poor sound and a jumpy script.
Shell has wonderful shots of the sparse desolate landscapes of the remote communities in the highlands of Scotland.Shell is also a film of few words but it comes across as drab and isolated as its setting.
