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A Monster Calls (2016)

07/10/2016 (ES)Fantasy, Adventure, Family1h 48m
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Stories are wild creatures.

Overview

12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Lewis MacDougall

      Lewis MacDougall

      Conor

    2. Sigourney Weaver

      Sigourney Weaver

      Grandma

    3. Felicity Jones

      Felicity Jones

      Mum

    4. Toby Kebbell

      Toby Kebbell

      Dad

    5. Ben Moor

      Ben Moor

      Mr. Clark

    6. James Melville

      James Melville

      Harry

    7. Oliver Steer

      Sully

    8. Dominic Boyle

      Dominic Boyle

      Anton

    9. Jennifer Lim

      Jennifer Lim

      Miss Kwan

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    A review by Reno

    7.0
    Written by Reno on Sep 4, 2017

    **An alternate way to confront the reality.** Based on the British novel, made by a well known Spanish director. This film might remind you the titles like 'Finding Neverland', 'Where the Wild Things Are', 'Neverwas' et cetera, but still it is unique. Particularly for the message it carried out. Many lines were awesome, inspiring for those whose world are crumbling down. Emotional, as well as one of the best recent children's films. The story of a boy whose mother is severely ill. He starts to have weird dreams, following, an appearance of a tree-monster from the nearby cemetery. The mon...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$43,000,000.00

    Revenue$47,309,313.00

    Keywords

    • dreams
    • monster
    • based on novel or book
    • nightmare
    • grandparent grandchild relationship
    • truth
    • tree
    • artist
    • bullying
    • terminal illness
    • bully
    • cancer
    • disease
    • grandmother