I'm no good at writing movie reviews, so here's a snippet of the description from the Sundance website.
"...it tells the simple story of a 20-year pen-pal friendship between two very different people: Mary Dinkle, a chubby, lonely 8-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horowitz, a 44-year-old Jewish man, who is severely obese, suffers from Asperger’s syndrome, and lives an isolated life in New York City. It is very much a triumph of emotion, insight, and eccentricity—a complete delight."
Without giving too much away, I ♥ it because:
1. I like clay (have used it myself to make this and this), so I have high admiration for the creation of these characters.
2. The stunning visuals. I love that although Mary's world is very dull brown, and Max's place is all shades of grey, there's that bright pop of red everywhere.
3. It celebrates the power of exchanging mail!
4. It's dark but sweet at the same time.
5. Kinda funny to see my old university make an appearance.
6. There's lots of chocolate involved!
7. The long-distance friendship between 2 people who have never even met is endearing. Quite frankly, it made me think of the friendships I have with some of you bloggers ♥
trailer:
18 little notes:
wow. i havent see the movie. but since i saw the trailer, it seems good. :D
and i love clay as well! ;)
This looks too good to be true! I never realised how a ltd palette of white, grey, black and brown can look so good. I have to get my hands on this.
i have to watch this after seeing the trailer. thanks for sharing!!! :D
Oh, so nice and interesting ;))
I gotta see this!! I'm an animation geek soo..... gatau nih keluar ga ya di indonesia... susahnya tinggal di indo..ketinggalan mulu!!
Thanks for sharing!
Oooh interesting. Haven't actually heard of this movie but it definitely sounds like something to watch. xoxo
thank you for sharing. i'll definitely check this out as soon as i can!
cute overload you have there! hihi.
have a lovely day!
wow, another movie tip. i like the sound of this one!
I hadn't even heard of it until I saw this post. :) Looks very interesting!!
oh i haven't seen Mary and Max movie. and from your post i can see that this animation is so cute and yes, i have to watch this soon! :)
I just might have to check this out... definitely!
This sounds adorable--like an updated "Harold and Maude."
I hadn't even heard of it... will have to see now. Thank you!
Oh wow, this looks beautiful. But really sad, too. Is it?
That looks so cool, I wanna see it!
I would not have seen this if you didn't post the trailer, but I saw the trailer in your blog on Tuesday, and I walked down to Leederville to see it this evening! It was amazing! So thanks for posting it.
AWww this is so adorable!! I really hope I'll get to see it one day. I dunno it looks like the sort that'll make me cry because it looks pretty darn touching! X) Aww yeah it's nice to be able to get in touch with bloggers from around the world... i should really get down to doing more of that soon... you're doing a great job! What with your package exchanges and all =D maybe one day I'll do it with you too!
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