Mary and Max

Name: Mary and Max
Director: Adam Elliot
Genre: Animation, Drama, Comedy
Released: 2009-04-09
Rating: 7.877

Sometimes perfect strangers make the best of friends.

Film20091h 32mReleased

AnimationDramaComedy

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Director: Adam Elliot
Language: English
Released: 2009-04-09
Runtime: 1h 32m

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7.92,293 votes on TMDB

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The story

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.

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Cast

Toni ColletteMary (voice)
Philip Seymour HoffmanMax (voice)
Barry HumphriesNarrator (voice)
Eric BanaDamien (voice)
Bethany WhitmoreYoung Mary (voice)
Renée GeyerVera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)
Ian 'Molly' MeldrumHomeless Man (voice)
John FlausHarvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)
Julie Forsyth — artwork unavailable
Julie ForsythBus Stop Mother / Kissing Woman (voice)
Christopher Massey911 Operator / Ambulance Voice / Derisive Observer (voice)