Synopsis
Stories are wild creatures.
A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
2016 Directed by J. A. Bayona
A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
Lewis MacDougall Liam Neeson Sigourney Weaver Felicity Jones Toby Kebbell Ben Moor James Melville Oliver Steer Dominic Boyle Jennifer Lim Max Gabbay Joe Curtis Morgan Symes Max Golds Frida Palsson Wanda Opalinska Patrick Taggart Lily-Rose Aslandogdu Geraldine Chaplin Jake Talbot Lee Bolton Garry Marriott
Jonathan King Patrick Wachsberger Álvaro Augustin Enrique López Lavigne Ghislain Barrois Jeff Skoll Bill Pohlad Sandra Hermida Patrick Ness Mitch Horwits
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Weird GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY prequel about how the tree man helps young Star Lord deal with his mom dying.
Pan's Labyrinth for kids dealing with cancer. dark, dull, and didactic, but could be helpful to those in need. do yourself a favor and see KUBO instead.
and now, the unfairness: my dad died of cancer a few months ago. this film gets a lot of the inner turmoil right (and crucially so), but if your cancer-related tearjerker does nothing for me at this point... that's on you.
A beautifully rendered story wrapped around a deep human truth. Patrick Ness' script (based on his own novel) about a boy who encounters an ancient tree monster is really about coping with the death of a loved one, and packs an emotional punch that is real, honest, and earned. A gorgeous example of how we can use stories to guide us through the hardest times in life. I love this movie.
TIFF 2016 Film #13
A Monster Calls touched the depths of my soul. Visually stunning, well acted, and filled with emotion this film had me fully engaged. I was pretty much in tears the entirety of the final 20 minutes and so was everyone else. You could hear the sniffling echoing through out the theater. I won't spoil it, but this one line absolutely wrecked me to my core. While most of the emotion is earned, I will say that it is somewhat manipulative.
A Monster Calls explores anxiety, isolation, and sorrow in a depressingly realistic way… a way that can ring true to anyone, regardless of what the viewer may be experiencing internally or externally. Whether it’s tales of loneliness or themes of grief and mental decay while staring illness and isolation in the face, we explore the importance of an outlet… of a means to a release of pent up stress and panic. This film reminds us that having someone to talk to is crucial in times of hardship, and internalized apprehension and worry will only lead you down a dark path… one that may be tougher to navigate out of than you think.
For some, this film is simply a sad…
A thorough, heartbreaking examination of how trauma affects a person's development and how to overcome denial in order to heal. Even though the film does occupy an odd space between an adult drama about human difficulties and a kid-friendly fantasy, I truly appreciated it.
My 9 year old daughter's enthusiasm for seeing A Monster Calls after being rather excited by the trailers for it we had seen wasn't quite treated to the tale about a friendly talking tree that saves a boy from being bullied that she hoped it would be.
"That wasn't quite what I expected," she commented as we exited the cinema. "But it was really, really good!"
The fact that she spent practically the whole film perched on the edge of her seat was clue enough to me that she really enjoyed it, and understandably so. It's not quite like any film she had watched before or that we had watched together (we watch one together every Saturday, at the cinema…
A fantasy about the all-too real ways humans deal with loss, Juan Antonio Bayona's "A Monster Calls" offers a cinematic heart that beats with anger, sadness, and inspiring vigor. Based on Patrick Ness's novel, the film the tells the story of a young boy whose struggle with life and loss reflect the universal education that is human existence.
Revolving around young Conor O'Malley, "A Monster Calls" finds the boy dealing with school bullies, a cantankerous grandmother, and, most importantly, a dying mother. Conor spends his days caring, as best he can, for his mother, drawing, and recoiling from both literal and figurative nightmares. When a monstrous, lumbering tree with fiery eyes appears at his window, Conor begins a journey that…
there’s a blanket the kid covers himself with at one point and it looks like the harry styles cardigan that’s my only observation
“How can a prince be a murderer and be loved by his people? How can an apothecary be evil-tempered but right-thinking? How can invisible men make themselves more lonely by being seen?”
Here we have a Spanish drama movie, it manages to be sad and it’s able to transmit a wise and deep message. Everything through an original and mesmerizing way.
It’s based on a novel of the same name written by Patrick Ness, who was inspired by the idea of Siobhan Dowd, to write the book.
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