Movie: Mary And Max

Clay animation, is extremely under-rated. I have grown up on Wallace and Gromit, so this movie "Mary And Max" was not so foreign to me. But if you ask any old Joe, you can be sure to get a wrinkled face, and a "I only like movie's with real people" as an answer. But if your in a mood to have your heart warmed, this movie is on the top of the list.

The plot is simple. There's a little girl (Mary Dinkle) who lives in Australia. And an older man (Max Horovitz) who lives in New York. Mary, played by Toni Collette is short chubby and lives with her drunk mother, and introverted father. Max, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman is an obese middle aged man, who lives alone. Both characters have no friends, and have no idea of one another's existence. And so the story begins.

One day at the post office, Mary randomly picks an address from the phone book. Mary waists no time in mailing Max a letter, and so the two characters relationship begins. They write back and forth each time mailing there favorite foods. You see Mary getting older and more mature. While you see Max getting older and slowly falling apart. I won't spoil all the plot turns, and good feelings that come with this delightful movie. But everything in Mary And Max is beautifully filmed, and reminds you of life. The theme song for this particular movie, is what makes this it. The movie changes back from Mary, and Max's life, and doesn't combined them together until the very end.

In my opinion, this is one of the most heart warming films ever. And even if your not a fan of clay animation, and just like to see "real people movie's" I urge you to check this one out.