Mary and Max

2010 • 92 minutos

Sobre este filme

The opening night film at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009, MARY AND MAX is the animated (claymation) tale of a friendship between two unlikely pen pals and confidantes: Mary is a lonely and gloomy eight-year-old girl who lives with her alcoholic mother, her factory working father and a pet rooster, in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia and Max is a forty-four-year old, severely obese man with Asperger's syndrome living in New York City. They share a lengthy long-distance relationship, one seriously complicated by Max's mental health issues, which cause problems both physical and emotional. Toni Colette voices Mary and Philip Seymour Hoffman voices Max in MARY AND MAX, directed by Australian animator and Academy Award Winner Adam Elliott. It is a study of loneliness and curiosity. Eric Bana and Barry Humphries (Dame Edna) also supply characters' voices.

Classificações e resenhas

Disappointing, disgusted. Most dark, depressing movie ever for us 3. Gave us such a hollow, sad, downer, nearly creepy feeling at the end. Think hopeless, dreary, alone, emotionless. Still cannot believe we watched it all. DO NOT waste your time. Four and five star reviews must have loved Sharknado, too.

Loved it until it got to the Asperger ' s part .Then I just couldn't watch it anymore . I was totally turned off and gave up. This was a very cleverly hidden agenda that I did not see coming. Talk about being blindsided. I was angry. I felt like I had been ambushed .

This film is simply beautiful, it is tragic and dark but also beautiful and happy. You will be dragged through emotional extremes. The subjects lead real lives filled with hardship, confusion, and occasionally joy. One of the major themes is life with a learning disability. As a person with similar issues to the coincidentally named character, I found the portrayal to be accurate and unoffensive. I recommend spending the extra to watch in HD. The claymation is detailed and used with a consistent, gritty, unique style. The soundtrack is used effectively and adds to the film by enforcing the tones thoughtfully but not in an overbearing way. If you are looking for something light or simple, this is not it. If you are looking for something complex and beautiful, I believe you will enjoy.