A Monster Calls

2016

Action / Adventure / Animation / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller

334
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 81% · 265 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 98306 98.3K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

J.A. Bayona Photo
J.A. Bayona

Top cast

Liam Neeson Photo
Liam Neeson as The Monster
Sigourney Weaver Photo
Sigourney Weaver as Grandma
Geraldine Chaplin Photo
Geraldine Chaplin as The Head Teacher
Felicity Jones Photo
Felicity Jones as Mum
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
804.58 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 9
1.66 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 32

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Muzan03 8 / 10

"And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them."

As someone who had read the book and really liked it, I found the movie as compelling and it excels at additions that are not in the novel such as the last scene which happened after the ending of the book. However, they also removed some good parts from the book, but were offset by visuals and score and the spot on performances of the characters especially Lewis MacDougall (Conor) who nailed his role in the movie. He sure knows how to cry. And that needs pointing out as a lot of kids in movies are sometimes annoying and difficult to watch. Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens) who were both Academy Award Best Actress nominees were as good as anyone would expect them to be. And Liam Neeson's voice was the perfect choice for the monster's. Haunting, cold, deep, and soothing. Also, the other thing I found striking was how the book played out as a movie. Aside from a few differences (the adds and minuses), almost everything else is as what the book is. Impactful scenes as how they were narrated and readers imagine them to be and dialogue and life lessons as how they were said in the book were same as in the movie. If you have read and liked the book, then watch this. If you have not, watch it still, as long as you have a heart and know what you're getting into, chances are you'll like this gem of a movie.
Reviewed by almaric777 8 / 10

Yew can do it

I don't know who you would market this movie to. It's not a kid's movie, tho it tries very hard to look like one. It's not an adult movie (a boy and a talking tree), tho its themes certainly are mature. Both child and adult will squirm under the relentless emotional requirement with only a faint wisp of humor to lighten things up. Melancholy overload anyone? No? But if you make it to the end, you'll have received an unexpected cathartic cleansing and a life lesson in your pocket that is hard, but beautiful in its truth.Once you stop blubbering, that is.
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