Mary and Max

Genre: Animation

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?

🏆 6 wins & 9 nominations total

Genres

Animation, Comedy, Drama

Director

Adam Elliot

Cast

Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana

Released

9 April 2009

Runtime

1h 32m

Certificate

Not Rated

IMDb rating

8.1 / 10

Votes

199,582

Metascore

72

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Edition

Base