Review of Mary and Max (2009) by Scott G — 28 Jan 2011

Delightfull animation, although not for young kids considering its themes and how story goes, but for everyone else a lot to get out of this film, it tells a story of a australian kid called mary, who at random picks a shut in from newyork Max, she starts to be pen friends with the man and through letters a friendship forms where gifts, mostly concerning chocolate are exchanged and strange interesting questions from the girl asked, but also bad times through some letters, over the years it grows, its delightful to watch, the story never dull or boring and the voicework from toni collette and phillip seymour hoffman add a great deal, as does barry humphries as narrator, the film balances dark with light and emotions with charactors well, the animation has a great look, and lots of imagination on show, a story with a message also.