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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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.