Mary and Max: a not-that-sweet lollipop

Rating: 9/10 (11 June 2011)

Watching this animation felt like buying a lollipop which in fact ain't full color and it tastes sweet, sour, but most bitter. But even though, i'm not disappointed at all because it tastes made me laugh while crying at the same time, but also brain-touching. Don't expect full-colors, bright, and cheerful animation as in Disney, Pixar, or Dreamworks. Throw away your expectation about beautiful and cute cartoons, like you found in Toy Story, Up, Shrek, or Ice Age. 'The weather' on this stop-motion isn't like in most cartoon with children audience. This one felt so sombre.
Mary and Max are being penfriend for dozen years from different continentals, but fortunately, have the same language. Mary came from Australia and Max from US. This bestfriend united by the same fate, both of them have zero friend. It's not that weird for Max, since he's an aspie (asperger syndrome, and Mary's case caused by her extremely low self-confidence. Besides the letters-replying (and also some stuffs) for most of the movie duration between Mary and Max, watching this Australian production movie is like showered by non-pretentious smart and funny words.
Well, and I'm too lazy to type more review about this movie. Just two words if you haven't watch it yet: watch it!