i am shaking...

Rating: 9/10 (12 March 2017)

This is easily one of the best movies I have ever seen. It has all of the elements of a great film, and it is structured magnificently well. There is laugh out loud humor, fascinating and well developed characters, an intriguing story, a unique visual style, and a heartfelt and emotional message. It explores friendship, life, and love in ways both complex and universal, making it a masterpiece that almost everyone will be bound to enjoy. Everything from the art direction to the voice acting to the musical score is pitch perfect, forming a masterpiece of animation.
"Mary and Max" is heartwarming, sad, and hilarious all at once as it explores many difficult, emotional themes with such elegance and grace that it will please and amuse as much as it will provoke thought and tears. The two main characters are both extremely likable and well developed, and Max's final letter provides the perfect closure to the message. The very last scene is fitting, disturbing, depressing, hopeful, and beautiful all at once, and it caused tears to fall from my eye sockets like hail. As I am writing this very review I can feel butterflies in my stomach, as I am still feeling the power this masterpiece will have on its viewer.
Just go and watch it...