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Mary & Max

Mary and Max, a Claymation film by Academy Award-winning animator Adam Elliot (Harvie Krumpet), has just enough quirky oddity to distinguish it from Elliot's fiercest Claymation competitor, Aardman Animation (Wallace and Gromit). Mary and Max tells the story of a 20-year pen pal friendship between an 8-year-old Australian goth girl, Mary Daisy Dinkle (Toni Collette), and 44-year-old New Yorker Max Horowitz (Philip Seymour Hoffman). The film's humor throughout is rooted in a general malaise that afflicts both characters. Mary, who has an alcoholic mother, a dull father who works in a matchstick factory, and a grandfather who committed suicide by drinking ammonia, is quite fed up with her ensuing adolescence. Fortunately, she reaches to the right person, an agoraphobic man with Asperger's syndrome who wants friends but has no clue how to acquire them. As the story progresses, years lapse and the two learn to rely on each other in more intimate ways until conflicts arise that add tension to an already-packed narrative. The animation style, done mostly in a gray to black palette with an overall droopy look, enhances the melancholic feeling that exudes from this intriguing story. Funny details, too, make it suitable for kids, such as Max's never-ending passion for chocolate hot dogs. While the letters are shared with the viewer, read aloud by either Mary or Max, one discovers universal anxieties and how they can be remedied through friendship. When Mary asks, "Have you ever been teased?" Max has pages to draft on this topic. Mary and Max is a uniquely bittersweet film starring two clay-sculpted outcasts that leaves one hoping for a sequel.

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  • "Mary & Max"@en
  • "Mary & Max"
  • "Mary and Max"@en
  • "Mary et Max"
  • "Max and Mary"
  • "Mary et Max, français"

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  • "Mary and Max, a Claymation film by Academy Award-winning animator Adam Elliot (Harvie Krumpet), has just enough quirky oddity to distinguish it from Elliot's fiercest Claymation competitor, Aardman Animation (Wallace and Gromit). Mary and Max tells the story of a 20-year pen pal friendship between an 8-year-old Australian goth girl, Mary Daisy Dinkle (Toni Collette), and 44-year-old New Yorker Max Horowitz (Philip Seymour Hoffman). The film's humor throughout is rooted in a general malaise that afflicts both characters. Mary, who has an alcoholic mother, a dull father who works in a matchstick factory, and a grandfather who committed suicide by drinking ammonia, is quite fed up with her ensuing adolescence. Fortunately, she reaches to the right person, an agoraphobic man with Asperger's syndrome who wants friends but has no clue how to acquire them. As the story progresses, years lapse and the two learn to rely on each other in more intimate ways until conflicts arise that add tension to an already-packed narrative. The animation style, done mostly in a gray to black palette with an overall droopy look, enhances the melancholic feeling that exudes from this intriguing story. Funny details, too, make it suitable for kids, such as Max's never-ending passion for chocolate hot dogs. While the letters are shared with the viewer, read aloud by either Mary or Max, one discovers universal anxieties and how they can be remedied through friendship. When Mary asks, "Have you ever been teased?" Max has pages to draft on this topic. Mary and Max is a uniquely bittersweet film starring two clay-sculpted outcasts that leaves one hoping for a sequel."@en
  • ""Mary Dinkle, a chubby lonely eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz, a 44-year-old, severely obese, Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in the chaos of New York, strike up an extraordinary bond. Spanning twenty years and two continents, Mary and Max's friendship survives much more than the average diet of life's ups and downs.""
  • "Mary is a lonely eight-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Struggling with questions that no one can answer, she writes to Max, an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in New York City, which starts a friendship that spans 20 years and two continents."@en
  • "It is a simple tale of pen-friendship between two very different people; Mary Dinkle, living in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia and New Yorker Max Horovitz. Spanning 20 years and 2 continents, Mary and Max's friendship survives much more than the average diet of life's ups and downs."@en
  • ""Mary Dinkle, a chubby lonely eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz, a 44-year-old, severely obese, Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in the chaos of New York, strike up an extraordinary bond. Spanning twenty years and two continents, Mary and Max's friendship survives much more than the average diet of life's ups and downs."--Container."
  • "An eight-year-old girl living in Australia and a forty-four-year-old man living in New York City form an unlikely friendship as pen pals."@en
  • "From the creators of the Oscar-winning short Harvey Krumpet, Mary and Max is the claymation tale of pen pals whose friendship spans 20 years and 2 continents. Mary (Toni Collette) is a lonely 8-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne. Struggling with questions that no one can answer, she writes to Max (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in New York City. Over time the two form a bond that explores the profound and often dark themes of friendship, difference, trust, fear, and life's many surprises."@en
  • "Mary Dinkle en Max Horovitz weten ondanks hun enorme verschil in leeftijd en levensstijl dankzij het schrijven van brieven een hechte vriendschap op te bouwen."
  • "Mary, une petite fille solitaire complexée par son apparence physique, vit en Australie avec une mère alcoolique et un père adepte de taxidermie. Un jour, au bureau de poste, Mary découvre un annuaire téléphonique provenant des États-Unis. Rêvant de se faire un ami, elle y choisit une adresse au hasard et envoie ainsi une lettre à Max Horowitz, un New Yorkais obèse de 44 ans atteint du syndrome d'Asperger. À la fois très différents et pourtant semblables, Max et Mary entretiendront une correspondance assidue, à travers laquelle chacun aide l'autre à régler les problèmes qui les tourmentent, pendant plus de vingt ans."
  • "Melbourne, 1976. Parce qu'elle est affligée d'une très voyante tache de vin au milieu du front, Mary Dinkle, huit ans, subit les railleries de ses camarades de classe. Un jour de profond ennui, la fillette ouvre un annuaire téléphonique américain et choisit au hasard un correspondant. Quelque temps plus tard, à New York, Max Horovitz, un vieux garçon souffrant lui aussi d'isolement, reçoit une lettre de Mary. Entre ces deux êtres que tout sépare, une amitié spontanée se noue, résistante aux années et même à l'internement de Max qui, dans la foulée, annonce à sa jeune correspondante être atteint du syndrome d'Asperger, une forme rare d'autisme. Les années passent et Mary se spécialise en maladies mentales. Quand elle publie un ouvrage de référence prenant Max comme cas de figure, ce dernier se sent trahi et l'exclut de son existence. Secouée et honteuse, Mary sombre dans une profonde dépression."
  • ""Mary Dinkle, a chubby lonely eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz, a 44-year-old, severely obese, Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in the chaos of JNew York, strike up an extraordinary bond. Spanning twenty years and two continents, Mary and Max's friendship survives much more than the average diet of life's ups and downs."--Container."
  • "Feature film from Australia. Animation. Mary, a lonely 8-year-old Melbourne girl, and Max, an obese 40-year-old man in a New York apartment, are pen friends."
  • "La jaquette indique : "Mary, 8 ans, habite la banlieue de Melbourne. Son plat préféré est le lait concentré sucré suivi de très près par le chocolat. Max, 44 ans, vit dans le chaos new-yorkais. Il adore les hot-dogs au chocolat et jouer au loto. Ces deux êtres insolites vont entretenir une correspondance sur plus de 20 ans qui va bouleverser leur vie.""
  • "A claymation tale of pen pals whose friendship spans 20 years and 2 continents. Mary is a lonely 8-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne. Struggling with questions that no one can answer, she writes to Max, an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's syndrome living in New York City."
  • "A claymation tale of pen pals whose friendship spans 20 years and two continents. Mary is a lonely eight-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne. Struggling with questions that no one can answer, she writes to Max, an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in New York City."@en
  • "Mary is a lonely eight-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne. Struggling with questions that no one can answer, she writes to Max, an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in New York City, which starts a friendship that spans 20 years and two continents."@en

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  • "Films d'animation en pâte à modeler"
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Animated films"@en
  • "Comedy films"@en
  • "fiction"
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "animation avec marionnettes"
  • "Film d'animation (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Clay animation films"@en
  • "Fiction films"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "Mary and max sometimes complete strangers make the best friends"
  • "Mary & Max"@en
  • "Mary & Max"
  • "Mary and Max Mary et Max"
  • "Mary and Max"
  • "Mary and Max"@en

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