Toni Collette provides the voice of Mary and Phillip Seymour Hoffman
plays Max in this comical Claymation feature film that spans 20 years
and 2 continents. Mary Dinkle, a chubby, lonely 8 year-old living
near Melbourne, Australia, and Max Horovitz, an obese, eccentric,
caring 44 year-old Jewish New Yorker with Asperger’s Syndrome, are
unlikely but unforgettable pen pals. Sundance Film Festival -
Opening Night. Short list nomination for ‘Best Animation’ -
Academy Award March 2010
Writer/Director: Adam Elliot
Distributor: IFC FILMS
Genre: Animation | Comedy | Drama
Run time: 92 min.
Country: Australia
Language: English, Yiddish
Parents Guide: Not Rated
FESTIVALS:
Sundance (Opening Night); Berlin International Film Festival ;
Edinburgh Film Festival, UK; Film and Art Festival Two Riversides,
Poland; Festival Internacional de Cine de Monterrey, Mexico;
L'Étrange Festival, Lyon, France; BUSTER Copenhagen
International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Denmark; Athens
Film Festival, Greece; Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland;
Anim'est, Romania International Animation Festival; Sitges
International Fantastic Film Festival, Spain; Pusan International Film
Festival, South Korea; Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada;
Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan; Bergen International Film
Festival, Norway
AWARDS:
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France, Feature
Film Award; Berlin International Film Festival, Crystal Bear - Special
Mention; Ottawa International Animation Festival, Best Feature
Film
"Narrated with a wonderful saltiness...the
film is visually inspired."
- Mike Goodridge, SCREEN DAILY
"Philip Seymour Hoffman delivers one of the best voice performances of
recent years." - Peter Scriretta, SLASHFILM.COM
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