Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- macabre
- irreverent
- witty
- dark comedy night
- adult animation marathon
What critics said
Critics generally find the film visually inventive and musically distinctive, though its dark premise and uneven execution limit its appeal.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The family business profits from suicide while the newborn Alan's happiness gradually disrupts the shop's morbid worldview.
Alan's cheerful presence challenges the family's inherited commitment to selling tools for suicide.
The Tuvache family's shop packages suicide attempts as purchasable products within a climate of depression and economic crisis.
The film presents its morbid family business and musical numbers through colorful, exaggerated adult-animation design.
Films like The Suicide Shop, and why
The Corpse Bride
shares adult animation, morbid humor, musical storytelling, and a family-centered tonal contrast between darkness and hope
The Nightmare Before Christmas
shares surreal adult animation, death-themed comedy, colorful stylization, and musical numbers
The Addams Family
shares darkly comic animation, family dysfunction, eccentric characters, and a macabre visual sensibility
A Cat in Paris
shares French-language animation, bittersweet humor, social satire, and an emotionally hopeful counterpoint to bleak circumstances
Movie Details
- Director
- Patrice Leconte
- Release Date
- 2012-09-26
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (640)
Cast
- Bernard Alane
- Isabelle Spade
- Kacey Mottet Klein
- Isabelle Giami
- Laurent Gendron
- Pierre-François Martin-Laval
- Eric Métayer
- Jacques Mathou
- Urbain Cancelier
- Pascal Parmentier
Common questions
- What is The Suicide Shop about?
- A morbid family business loses its purpose when an irresistibly cheerful newborn brings hope into a household built around despair.
- What is The Suicide Shop like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Suicide Shop as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Suicide Shop violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Suicide Shop.
- What did critics think of The Suicide Shop?
- Critics generally find the film visually inventive and musically distinctive, though its dark premise and uneven execution limit its appeal.
- Which films are like The Suicide Shop?
- Films with a similar feel include The Corpse Bride, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Addams Family, and A Cat in Paris.
- How long is The Suicide Shop?
- The Suicide Shop runs 79 minutes.
