Mary and Max (2009)

04/09/2009 (AU) • 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.

Mary and Max (2009)

04/09/2009 (AU) • 1h 32m

Animation, Comedy, Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Mary (voice)

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Max (voice)

Barry Humphries

Narrator (voice)

Damien (voice)

Bethany Whitmore

Young Mary (voice)

Vera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)

Ian 'Molly' Meldrum

Homeless Man (voice)

Harvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)

Bus Stop Mother / Kissing Woman (voice)

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$8,240,000.00

Revenue

$1,740,429.00

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

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