"Sometimes perfect strangers make the best friends."

2009

1h 32m

7.9(2096 votes)

Animation

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

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Cast & Crew

33 members

Acting

Toni Collette

Mary (voice)

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Max (voice)

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Barry Humphries

Narrator (voice)

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Eric Bana

Damien (voice)

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Bethany Whitmore

Young Mary (voice)

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Renée Geyer

Vera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)

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Ian 'Molly' Meldrum

Homeless Man (voice)

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John Flaus

Harvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)

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Julie Forsyth

Bus Stop Mother / Kissing Woman (voice)

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Christopher Massey

911 Operator / Ambulance Voice / Derisive Observer (voice)

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Oliver Marks

Alleyway Bully 1 (voice)

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Daisy Kocher

Alleyway Bully 2 /Injury Girl /Bus Stop Girl / Katherine (voice)

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Daniel Marks

Alleyway Bully 3 (voice)

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Hamish Hughes

Animals / Mad Jury Member / Opera Singer Two (voice)

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Dan Doherty

BMX Bandit (voice)

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Mandy Mao

Cher the Chihuahua / Sonny the Chihuahua (voice)

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Editing

Patrick McCabe

Datsun Sunny Driver (voice)

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Adam Elliot

Various Voices (voice)

Visual Effects

Michael J. Allen

Ferrari Driver (voice)

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Bill Murphy

Frankston Icebreaker One (voice)

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Shaun Patten

Frankston Icebreaker Two (voice)

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Bernie Clifford

Garbo One (voice)

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Henry Karjalainen

Henry the Fish (voice)

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Chris Wallace

Lottery Caller / New Yorker Two (voice)

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Marlee Bevan

Mary's Baby (voice)

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Melanie Coombs

Mrs. Pendergast (voice)

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Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen

New York Callgirl / New Yorker One (voice)

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Alf Klimek

New Yorker Three (voice)

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Antoinette Halloran

Opera Singer (voice)

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Leanne Smith

Overeaters Anonymous Tutor / Post Office Customer (voice)

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Stephen Carroll

Thespian One (voice)

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Athanasios Kourtidis

Wedding Reception Guest (voice)

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Yorgos Kourtidis

Wedding Reception Guest (voice)

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