Mary and Max

Mary and Max is a stopmotion claymation film written and directed by Academy Award winning  animator, Adam Elliot.   It is Elliot's first feature length film; he won an Academy award for his short claymation project Harvie Krumpet in 2003.  Elliot tells the tale of a unlikely pen-pal relationship between Mary, a lonely, self conscious 8 year old girl and Max, a 44 year old obese, Jewish man with Aspergers .  Epic in it's scope, particularly for claymation, their story spans 20 years.  The film has garnered a good buzz and a great response so far.  Mary and Max features the voices of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette and Eric Bana.