Mary and Max (2009)

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Rating: NR

Running Time: 92 min.

Synopsis: Academy Award-winning Harvie Krumpet director Adam Elliot returns to the world of clay animation with this simple tale of the innocent correspondence between a portly eight year old girl from the suburbs of Melbourne and a morbidly obese, middle-aged Jewish New Yorker suffering from Asperger's Syndrome. On the surface it would seem that Mary (Toni Collette) and Max (Philip Seymour Hoffman) would have little in common, but over the course of twenty years, the unlikely pen pals exchange letters discussing everything from taxidermy, trust, pets, religion, obesity, autism, agoraphobia, alcoholism, and just about any other topic that comes to mind as they sit down and put pen to paper. Barry Humphries and Eric Bana provide additional voices.

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IFC's The Independent Eye (Alison Willmore) blog ["Sundance 2009: 'Mary and Max'"] [2009-01-16]
IFC's The Independent Eye (Alison Willmore) blog ["Adam Elliot's Claymation 'Mary and Max' Will Open Sundance"] [2008-11-19]
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Jan 17, 2011 05:42 pm

Matt said: B

Very sweet, and wonderfully animated. Not your average low-brow animated fair. This one's for mature kids and adults.

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Mary and Max (2009)

ocea_nico: @TobeyMaguire very touching. I first saw it at the annecy film festival, the same year Mary and Max, with another asperger character, won.
littleknits88: Just watched Mary and Max with Medium. It's really very funny in parts but quite sad in others!
bgsriman: The best movie i ever saw "Mary and Max"
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alexbetty: Watched Mary and Max last night- loved it, such a beautiful film :)