Mary And Max

January 20, 2021
Though unusual and eccentric, [Mary and Max] had surprisingly wide appeal and turned out to be an arthouse hit. “The message of the film is that everyone has faults, but life goes on,” producer, Melanie Coombs, told FilmInk, hinting at the reasons behind this fine film’s accessibility.

1 h 32 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama | 2009

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?

Director:

 Adam Elliot

Writers:

 Adam Elliot

Producers:

 Iain Canning, Melanie Coombs, Mark Gooder

Prod. companies:

 Melodrama Pictures

Stars:

 Christopher Massey, Oliver Marks, Daisy Kocher

Languages:

 English

Subtitles:

 Spanish, English
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    Patricia Robson

    This is a wonderful movie. I managed to grab a pristine copy on Blu Ray for the princely sum of five dollars.
    The animation is spot on, and the story is well written.

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