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tagged: Aspergers Syndrome, clay-mation, film reviews, Mary & Max, Phillip Seymore Hoffman, Toni ColletteMary & Max
Posted by Claire Connelly in Entertainment
Adam Elliot draws together an unapologetically bleak clay-mation film, tempered with sweetness, that follows the correspondence between a young Australian girl called Mary and an overweight American man named Max who are drawn together by their mutual troubles and loneliness.
As always Phillip Seymore Hoffman does not disappoint in his heartbreaking portrayal of an isolated 49 year old Jewish man who suffers from severe Aspergers Syndrome.
The same can be said of Toni Collete and Bethany Whitmore who follow Mary through the different stages of her life.
This film is beautifully constructed but the settings have allowed for the characters to be compelling in their own right.
The unique clay-mation style serves only to enhance the emotional tone of the film, from the dark gritty, gothic New York world of Max to the dry yellow plains of Mary’s existense.
It is both dark and realistic in capturing that even for people in the worst of circumstances, for which almost nothing “significant” ever changes, the world can still be beautiful.
Please go and see this film.
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