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Mary and Max

Sometimes perfect strangers make the best of friends.

2009 · NR · 1h 32m

Directed by Adam Elliot

7.9

TMDB audience score
2,375 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

Subscription

  • Philo
  • AMC Plus Apple TV channel
  • AMC+ Amazon Channel
  • AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
  • AMC+
  • Sundance Now

Free

  • Kanopy

Rent

  • Amazon Video
  • Apple TV Store
  • Google Play Movies
  • YouTube
  • Fandango At Home

Buy

  • Amazon Video
  • Apple TV Store
  • Google Play Movies
  • YouTube
  • Fandango At Home

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Cast

  • Toni Collette
    Mary (voice)

  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Max (voice)

  • Barry Humphries
    Narrator (voice)

  • Eric Bana
    Damien (voice)

  • Bethany Whitmore
    Young Mary (voice)

  • Renée Geyer
    Vera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)

  • Ian 'Molly' Meldrum
    Homeless Man (voice)

  • John Flaus
    Harvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)

  • Julie Forsyth
    Bus Stop Mother / Kissing Woman (voice)

  • Christopher Massey
    911 Operator / Ambulance Voice / Derisive Observer (voice)

  • Oliver Marks
    Alleyway Bully 1 (voice)

  • Daisy Kocher
    Alleyway Bully 2 /Injury Girl /Bus Stop Girl / Katherine (voice)

  • Daniel Marks
    Alleyway Bully 3 (voice)

  • Hamish Hughes
    Animals / Mad Jury Member / Opera Singer Two (voice)

  • Dan Doherty
    BMX Bandit (voice)

  • Mandy Mao
    Cher the Chihuahua / Sonny the Chihuahua (voice)

  • Patrick McCabe
    Datsun Sunny Driver (voice)

  • Adam Elliot
    Various Voices (voice)