Mary and Max

Mary and Max (2009)

12A
21/09/2010 (GB)
Animation, Comedy, Drama
1h 32m

Sometimes perfect strangers make the best friends.

Overview

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.

  • Adam ElliotDirector, Writer
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $8,240,000

  • Revenue

    $1,740,429

Keywords

  • australia
  • chocolate
  • approach
  • letter
  • birthmark
  • only child
  • bullying
  • friendship bracelet
  • pen pals
  • atheist
  • loneliness
  • stop motion
  • neighbor
  • phone book
  • adult animation
  • unlikely friendship
  • correspondence
  • eating disorder
  • asperger's syndrome
  • sentimental

Top Billed Cast

Toni Collette

Toni Collette

Mary (voice)

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Max (voice)

Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries

Narrator (voice)

Eric Bana

Eric Bana

Damien (voice)

Bethany Whitmore

Bethany Whitmore

Young Mary (voice)

Renée Geyer

Renée Geyer

Vera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)

Ian 'Molly' Meldrum

Ian 'Molly' Meldrum

Homeless Man (voice)

John Flaus

John Flaus

Harvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)

Julie Forsyth

Bus Stop Mother / Kissing Woman (voice)

Christopher Massey

Christopher Massey

911 Operator / Ambulance Voice / Derisive Observer (voice)

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