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Mary and Max is one of the few films that actually makes me feel crummy. It was simply frustrating watching these hopelessly depressed characters doomed to suffer their problems forever because they lack the willpower to solve their issues. Max was somewhat sympathetic because he has aspergers and is able to accept himself for who he is.
The opening night film at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009, MARY AND MAX is the animated (claymation) tale of a friendship between two unlikely pen pals an...
2009. 1 hr 30 min. 8.1 (186,515) Mary and Max is a heartwarming and poignant animated film that tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a young girl from Melbourne, Australia and a middle-aged man from New York. The film was written and directed by Adam Elliot and features an all-star cast including Toni Collette, Philip Seymour ...
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary (voiced by Collette), a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max (voiced by Hoffman), a forty-four-year old ...
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- Fiona Williams
Mary and Max is a well-crafted film for adults; it deals with depression, suicide, drugs, sex, and death. The plot is basic but the film is anything but. Mary lives in Australia and Max lives in New York. Both have lonely, depressing lives, until one day they become pen pals and their lives change for better/worse.
The movie includes several deaths, most of which are treated humorously (Mary's father is swept away while fishing; her mother confuses a bottle of sherry with a bottle of toxic formaldehyde; Max's A/C falls out the window and kills a mime, and his pet fish keep dying in extravagant ways), but a couple of the deaths are disturbing.
