In a world that is becoming increasingly obsessed with looks and continued youth, Shell strikes a similar chord to 2024’s The Substance in how filmmakers reflect this back to the viewers. While youth is an ephemeral thing, people will still do whatever they can to desperately grasp it, and Shell pulls no punches, giving us the reality of that. All that glitters is not gold, as they say, and that is what actress Samantha Lake (Elisabeth Moss) discovers after she falls headfirst into wellness mogul Zoe Shannon’s (Kate Hudson) web of deceit.

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ABOUT SHELL

Samantha Lake is a once-beloved actress who is currently struggling the way many aging female Hollywood stars do. With her prospects beginning to dry up and with no future in sight to bring her back to the forefront of the public’s collective mind, she turns to Zoe Shannon, the CEO of the wellness company SHELL. While things seem perfect at first, Samantha quickly begins to discover the monstrous underbelly of the company, and she must confront the truth in order to save herself.

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