a different friendship

Rating: 8/10 (7 June 2011)

Hello, ı am Huriye from Turkey. I watched this film in our lesson with my friend thanks to our teacher.It is an stop motion movie and ı like too much this kind of film. But I started to watch this movie I thought that it is a boring movie because of its title. I thought that it can be about two lovers. But this movie is about pen pal friends. This movie is made more remarkable because of the characters and subject matter it tackles. There are two main characters. One of them is Mary. Mary is an 8 years old living in the suburbs of Melbourne. She randomly chooses a name in a New York phone book and writes him a letter. The man on the other side who is male main character of movie is an obese, middle-aged. Neither of these people have friends in real life, and they soon become each other's only friends. They send letter each other and write what they like and their family. In this way, they begin to learn much more things about their past and why they are being alone. Along their lives, they become pen pals and their unusual friendship pauses due to the anxiety attacks of the unstable Max.Actually, this movie can be an ordinary story and this is a rather sad story, filmed in a very muted color scheme. And It is extremely funny for the most part, but there is also a real sense of gloom around characters. But really ı like this film, especially the end of movie. You should watch and show the end of movie. It is one of the most tender and beautiful films I've seen. And ı think this movie is suitable for everyone.