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Mary and Max

Sometimes perfect strangers make the best of friends.

7.9(2,365)20091h 32m7

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$8.2M
Box office
$1.7M
Language
English
  • australia
  • chocolate
  • suicide attempt
  • approach
  • letter
  • birthmark
  • only child
  • bullying
  • friendship bracelet
  • pen pals
  • atheist
  • loneliness

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Adam Elliot

Produced in

Australia

Gallery

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival15 Jan 2009
    • Theatrical (limited)NR25 Sept 2009
    • PhysicalNRDVD & Blu-ray15 Jun 2010
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical12A21 Sept 2010
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM9 Apr 2009
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereOttawa International Animation Festival14 Oct 2009
  • AustriaAT

    • Digital / OTT1227 Aug 2010
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical (limited)169 Apr 2009
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1225 Sept 2009
  • ChinaCN

    • Theatrical (limited)8 Aug 2025
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical1230 Jul 2009
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical721 Jan 2010
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP30 Sept 2009
  • GermanyDE

    • Premiere12Berlin International Film Festival9 Feb 2009
    • Theatrical1226 Aug 2010

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Mary and Max was released on 9 April 2009.

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    Asa_movies

    4/3/2017

    10/10

    Mary and Max- Am I sad or happy? Am I philosopher? It's hard to understand weird people. Oh, actually, I'm weird. It's hard to understand normal people. I've been depressed for a great deal of time. Not depressed like: ”oh, I'm not feeling okay now. But everything is okay”. It's something like: “I'm feeling very bad, and sad; probably I'm considered as I am freak. But I consider others as being freaks. I'm not dep…

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