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A Monster Calls (2016) Movie Release Dates / Movie Details

Updated: September 14, 2024

A Monster Calls Plot Synopsis:

The monster does not come walking often. This time it comes to Conor, and it asks for the one thing Conor cannot bring himself to do. Tell the truth. This is a very touching story about a boy who feels very damaged, guilty and mostly angry. He struggles at school with bullies, and pity looks from everyone, and at home with his mother's sickness. Will Conor overcome his problems? Will everything be okay? Will Conor be able to speak the truth?

This new drama fantasy film from Focus Features and Juan Antonio Bayona"s A Monster Calls (2016) looks like it has so much potential to be one of the better 2016 children films out there with a deeper story for the adults too. Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Liam Neeson, and Sigourney Weaver star in A Monster Calls with the movie releasing in theaters on October 21, 2016.

Synopsis / Plot Summary: A visually spectacular drama from director J.A. Bayona ("The Impossible"). 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall), dealing with his mother"s (Felicity Jones) illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother (Sigourney Weaver), and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a Monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the Monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth. Toby Kebbell plays Conor"s father, and Liam Neeson stars in performance-capture and voiceover as the nocturnally visiting Monster of the title.

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