In what has been truly remarkable year for Australian film, my favourite release has hands down been Mary and Max, the first full length feature from Adam Elliot, who in 2003 won the academy award for best animated short for Harvey Krumpet (embedded below). Anyone who liked that film is sure to love Mary and Max, a quirky, morbid but touching claymation film about an eight year old girl from Melbourne who becomes pen-pals with a 44 year old aspergers sufferer from New York.
The film features the voice talents of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Barry Humphries and Eric Bana, and is currently available in the US on most cable systems via Sundance Selects on demand (forgive me, but I'm not entirely sure what that means.) But if you are in the position to see the film, I fully encourage you to do so. You can check out my full review here, and watch a newly cut trailer for the movie below.
The film features the voice talents of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Barry Humphries and Eric Bana, and is currently available in the US on most cable systems via Sundance Selects on demand (forgive me, but I'm not entirely sure what that means.) But if you are in the position to see the film, I fully encourage you to do so. You can check out my full review here, and watch a newly cut trailer for the movie below.
