A Monster Calls

Name: A Monster Calls
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2016-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.3

About A Monster Calls

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.

A Monster Calls (2016) is a fantasy film directed by J. A. Bayona. Released in October 2016, it runs 108 minutes.

Its themes are dreams, cancer, nightmare, and artist. It is adapted from a novel.

Lewis MacDougall takes the lead as Conor, Sigourney Weaver as Grandma, Felicity Jones as Mum, and Toby Kebbell as Dad. The screenplay is by Patrick Ness.

I, Robot, The Ritual, and Let the Right One In make useful companions to A Monster Calls, all filed under grandmother, grandparent grandchild relationship, and monster. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 3,684 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.