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Mary and Max
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #54
- IMDb #35
- Google retired #135
- Rotten Tomatoes #41
- Metacritic #102
- Letterboxd #19
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #69
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #55
- Metacritic Audience #58
- Criticker #9
- Douban #21
- Kinopoisk #103
- AlloCiné #58
- Trakt #84
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 70, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96.
See the most agreed on films →In the 1970s, a lonely, eight-year-old girl from the suburbs of Melbourne randomly picks a name from a New York phonebook and writes a letter to a middle-aged man. He is an obese man with Asperger's syndrome living a life of isolation. Thus begins an unlikely pen-pal friendship that spans two decades and continents, as they share their thoughts on life, love, and chocolate hot dogs, forming a unique bond that helps them navigate a world they don't quite understand.
Details
- Director
- Adam Elliot
- Writer
- Adam Elliot
- Studio
- Melodrama Pictures, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, SBS
- Released
- 9 April 2009
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English, Yiddish
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $8.2M
- Box office
- $1.7M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →2 major awards won · 5 wins from 12 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Australian Directors Guild 2009 | Best Direction in a Feature Film | Adam Elliot | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2009 | Glass Bear | Adam Elliot | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 2009 AFI Awards ) 2009 | AFI Members' Choice Award | Melanie Coombs | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 2009 AFI Awards ) 2009 | Best Film | Melanie Coombs | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 2009 AFI Awards ) 2009 | Best Original Screenplay | Adam Elliot | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 2009 AFI Awards ) 2009 | Best Production Design | Adam Elliot | Nominee |
| Asia Pacific Screen Award 2009 | Best Animated Feature Film | Melanie Coombs | Winner |
| BAFICI Award 2009 | Best Film | Adam Elliot | Nominee |
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12 awards — Mary and Max
×| Best Direction in a Feature Film | Adam Elliot | Winner |
| Glass Bear | Adam Elliot | Winner |
| Best Animated Feature Film | Melanie Coombs | Winner |
| Silver Scream Award | Adam Elliot | Winner |
| Grand Prize | Adam Elliot | Winner |
| AFI Members' Choice Award | Melanie Coombs | Nominee |
| Best Film | Melanie Coombs | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Adam Elliot | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Adam Elliot | Nominee |
| Best Film | Adam Elliot | Nominee |
| Best Director | Adam Elliot | Nominee |
| Best Animated Film | Nominee |