Mary And Max

– A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in th..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
2009
Mary and Max (2009)

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence. Will the two ever meet face to face?

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Mary and Max (2009) - Trailer

Release Date:

09 Apr 2009

Language:

English, Yiddish

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Adam Elliot

Writer:

Adam Elliot

Main Actors:

Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana

Plot:

In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. She's Mary Dinkle, the only child of an alcoholic mother and a distracted father. He's Max Horowitz, an overweight man with Asperger's, living alone in New York. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence, interrupted by a stay in an asylum and a few misunderstandings. Mary falls in love with a neighbor, saves money to have a birthmark removed and deals with loss. Max has a friendship with a neighbor, tries to control his weight, and finally gets the dream job. Will the two ever meet face to face?

Awards:

4 wins & 9 nominations.

Production:

IFC Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%