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Mary and Max

Movie·2009·Animation, Comedy, Drama·1h 32m·7.9 (2,261)·Directed by Adam Elliot

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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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Toni ColletteToni ColletteMary (voice)Philip Seymour HoffmanPhilip Seymour HoffmanMax (voice)Barry HumphriesBarry HumphriesNarrator (voice)Eric BanaEric BanaDamien (voice)Bethany WhitmoreBethany WhitmoreYoung Mary (voice)Renée GeyerRenée GeyerVera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)Ian 'Molly' MeldrumIan 'Molly' MeldrumHomeless Man (voice)John FlausJohn FlausHarvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)

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