Mary and Max
Sometimes perfect strangers make the best of friends.
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A tender, melancholic stop-motion portrait of two isolated souls finding solace and meaning through an unlikely long-distance friendship.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Toni Collette
Mary (voice)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Max (voice)
Barry Humphries
Narrator (voice)
Eric Bana
Damien (voice)
Bethany Whitmore
Young Mary (voice)
Renée Geyer
Vera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)
Ian 'Molly' Meldrum
Homeless Man (voice)
John Flaus
Harvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)
Julie Forsyth
Bus Stop Mother / Kissing Woman (voice)
Christopher Massey
911 Operator / Ambulance Voice / Derisive Observer (voice)
Oliver Marks
Alleyway Bully 1 (voice)
Daisy Kocher
Alleyway Bully 2 /Injury Girl /Bus Stop Girl / Katherine (voice)
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