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Jul 27, 2024 · Mary, a lonely Australian girl, becomes pen pals with Max, a middle-aged man with Asperger's syndrome in New York. Through their letters, they form an unlikely but profound friendship,...
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- Toni Collette
Jan 5, 2009 · A claymation animation by Academy award-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot (“Harvie Krumpet”), it tells the simple story of a 20-year pen-pal friendship between two very different people: Mary Dinkle,...
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The context of autism (specifically Asperger’s; an autism spectrum condition) provides the backdrop, in part, for the animated feature Max and Mary (2009). Directed by Adam Elliot and set in Australia, Mary and Max explores the relationship between a New Yorker, Max Horowitz and Mary Dinkle.
Max is a morbidly obese 44-year-old Jewish atheist who has trouble forming relationships due to various mental and social problems. Mary's letter initially gives him an anxiety attack, but he writes back, and the two become friends (partly due to their shared love of chocolate and The Noblets).
Mar 22, 2010 · Their improbable pen-pal friendship develops over a host of letters sent back and forth (letters which send Max into an anxiety attack each time he gets one). The story follows their friendship over two decades as it expands and contracts with the joys of life (love, dreams, accomplishments) and with its sometimes dark realities (anxiety ...
May 30, 2020 · Gradually, as life moves on the pair grow distant, and after taking a degree in psychology, Mary uses her experiences with Max, who suffers from anxiety and lives in isolation due to his Asperger’s syndrome, as a case study for a book.
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Feb 22, 2023 · Max's health issues have nothing to do with his weight, and everything to do with his declining mental health and the way society has mistreated him for reasons beyond his control.
