As the alarm went off this morning and I quickly doubted why I had to walk and watch a movie every day. I laid there for almost 15 minutes debating whether my own "sleepy Karl" would win out over my desire to walk and watch a movie. I am so glad I dragged my fat butt out of bed because I had the great pleasure of watching Mary and Max. A clay-mation movie about two lost souls who connet through letter writing. Max is a elderly man with aspergers syndrome living in a big city. Mary is a young girl living practically alone with a couple of negligent parents. The story is touching, dark, heart-warming and gut-wrenching. These emotions come strong, fast and jump between them with very little notice. I believe almost anyone who watches this movie will definitely relate to Mary, Max or most likely both. The music is amazing, the animation was spectacular. I have a hard time envisioning any movie I will enjoy more than this one.
I partly chose this movie to figure out whether any of my children (6, 9, 12) should watch this or if they would even enjoy it. I would not allow my 6 or 9 year old to watch this movie. It covers some very dark topics and the humor is mostly over their head. If my 12 year old watched this movie we would need to watch it together and talk about some of the themes in the movie. Overall though a huge thumbs up to this gorgeous movie.
I give Mary and Max a 290 out of 304 (what my scale currently goes up to).
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