Mary and Max

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?

Voices:
Toni Collette
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Barry Humphries
Eric Bana

Director: Adam Elliot
Writer: Adam Elliot
Runtime: 92 min
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Language: English, Yiddish
Subtitles: English
Production Year: 2009