IMDB Rating: 8.2/10

Country: Australia, 80 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Animation

Director: Adam Elliot

Cast: Toni Collette (voice), Philip Seymour Hoffman (voice), Eric Bana (voice), Barry Humphries (voice), Bethany Whitmore (voice)

Medium: Unknown

Plot Outline: In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. She's Mary Dinkle, the only child of an alcoholic mother and a distracted father. He's Max Horowitz, living alone in New York, overweight, subject to anxiety attacks. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence, interrupted by a stay in an asylum and a few misunderstandings. Mary falls in love with a neighbor, saves money to have a birthmark removed and deals with loss. Max has a friendship with a neighbor, tries to control his weight, and finally gets the dream job. Will the two ever meet face to face?

Location: VD9/Drama

Loaned: No