Review of A Monster Calls (2016) by Movie M — 15 Oct 2017
"A Monster Calls" is extremely metaphoric, and overall a pretty dark movie, but if you are looking for a dark fantasy than this film definitely holds its own. Although it can get a little slow in some scenes, the majority of this movie was interesting, a coming-of-age story mixed in with an extremely dark circumstance - a mother with a deadly cancer.
Lewis MacDougall (Conor) was great in this movie, he had the main role, and his character is what the movie was based on, and he did a fantastic job, especially in the heavy moment scenes. There are times in this movie where the vibe gets really depressing, and MacDougall does a great job at amplifying the intensity of that vibe.
Like in a lot of movies, there were some sub-plots that the movie took a risk on, one in particular being Conor's relationship with his Dad, even though in hindsight it did add at least some light to this movie, otherwise it is literally all depressing.
The stories that The Monster (Liam Neeson) tells Conor are all very intriguing actually, and were for sure my favourite part of the movie. There is a metaphor in everything in this movie, so I feel as though the more this movie ages, or the more you watch it, the better it will get.
After only one watch, I will say that "A Monster Calls" is worth watching if you're bored.
This review of A Monster Calls (2016) was written by Movie M on 15 Oct 2017.
A Monster Calls has generally received very positive reviews.
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