Mary and Max

Mary and Max is a heartwarming animated film that follows the unlikely friendship between two misfits, Mary, an eight-year-old girl from Australia, and Max, a forty-four-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's syndrome living in New York. Despite their vastly different backgrounds and personalities, the two form a strong bond through their letters to each other, sharing their struggles with loneliness, family issues, and mental health. The film takes us on a rollercoaster ride of emotions as we see Mary and Max face challenges and obstacles that test their friendship over the years. With its poignant humor and raw honesty, Mary and Max explores themes of childhood neglect, addiction, recovery, mental illness, obesity suicide depression isolation anxiety in a way that is both relatable yet unexpectedly uplifting.

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