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A Monster Calls( 2016)

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Stories are wild creatures.

Overview

A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way. Conor, a twelve-year-old boy, 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

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      Lewis MacDougall

      Conor

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      Sigourney Weaver

      Grandma

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      Felicity Jones

      Mum

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      Toby Kebbell

      Dad

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      Ben Moor

      Mr. Clark

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      James Melville

      Harry

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      Oliver Steer

      Sully

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      Dominic Boyle

      Anton

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      Jennifer Lim

      Miss Kwan

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      Max Gabbay

      Steven

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      Joe Curtis

      Peter

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      Morgan Symes

      Lawyer

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      Max Golds

      5-Year-Old Connor

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      Frida Palsson

      Lily's Mum

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      Wanda Opalinska

      Female Nurse

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      Patrick Taggart

      Teacher

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      Lily-Rose Aslandogdu

      Lily

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      Liam Neeson

      The Monster (voice)

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      Geraldine Chaplin

      The Head Teacher (uncredited)

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      Jake Talbot

      Rollercoaster Boy (uncredited)

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      Lee Bolton

      Rollercoster Rider (uncredited)

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      Garry Marriott

      Paramedic (uncredited)

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    A review by Reno

    7
    Written by Reno on Mon Sep 04 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 mons...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    43000000.00

    Revenue

    47300000.00

    Keywords

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