Determination: Connor [Lewis MacDougall] and The Monster [Liam Neeson].

A Monster Calls

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an intensely moving fairy tale

BRIAN TRUITT
USA TODAY
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Unforgettable masterpiece

ED DOUGLAS
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Video | "Break The Windows" Clip
Video | "In The Eyes" Clip
Video | "Messily Ever After" Clip
Video | "I've Come To Get You" Clip
Video | "Face Your Fears" Spot
news | Sigourney Weaver on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
news | Sigourney Weaver Speaks to The Hollywood Reporter
news | The New York Times Profiles Felicity Jones
Video | Official Trailer: Focus Features and J.A. Bayona Present A...
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One of the best movies of the year.

REBECCA PAHLE
FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
bio | Lewis MacDougall as Conor
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The role of Conor is a very demanding one, physically and emotionally. Lewis was so courageous, so present, so truthful.

SIGOURNEY WEAVER
ON LEWIS MacDOUGALL
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MacDougall is fantastic in what should be considered an Academy Award-worthy performance.

JAMES OSTER
JOBLO.COM
Photo | Mom: Felicity Jones stars in J.A. Bayona's A Monster...
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If Bayona is the next Steven Spielberg, then A Monster Calls is his E.T.

SEAN O'CONNELL
CINEMABLEND
news | Entertainment Weekly Introduces A Monster...
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Sensitive and beautifully made.

JOH DeFORE
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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Felicity Jones is absolutely devastating.

JEFF SNEIDER
MASHABLE
Photo | Determination: Connor [Lewis MacDougall] and The Monster [Liam...
Photo | Change: Struggling to understand one another, love must carry Connor...
Video | J.A. Bayona Talks with Gold Derby
social | Early Concept Art by Daniel Carrasco
news | Writer Patrick Ness and the Backstory of A...
social | SFX Artist David Marti Captures BTS Moment of...
Photo | Connor: In just his second on-screen role, young Lewis MacDougall portrays Connor - a boy determined not to lose his mother.
news | Patrick Ness Named One of "Hollywood's 25 Most...
news | BTS: A Look at A Monster Calls' Animated Sequences
social | Concept Art by Daniel Carrasco Jabalera
bio | Felicity Jones as Mom
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And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them good and hard. And I'll be right there. You might not see me, but I'll be right there, breaking 'em along with you.

Mom
Photo | Faith: A boy confronted with a monumental shift in what he once considered "normal", Connor [Lewis MacDougall] will stand tallest when atop the shoulders of The Monster [Liam Neeson].
bio | Liam Neeson as The Monster
Photo | Illustrated: Connor [Lewis MacDougall] brings his imagination to life...
social | Illustrator Andreu Zaragoza's Monster
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One of the best films of 2016.

STEVE WEINTRAUB
COLLIDER
bio | J.A. Bayona, Director
social | Monster Building
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I saw this as a powerful and important story to tell as a movie – an adventure that anyone can relate to.

J.A. BAYONA
DIRECTOR
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...mesmerizing...

ERIC KOHN
INDIEWIRE
bio | Sigourney Weaver as Grandma
Photo | Life: Director J.A. Bayona brings Patrick Ness' novel A Monster Calls to life with beautiful, signature scenes lensed by cinematographer Fernando Velázquez.
bio | Toby Kebbell as Dad
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J.A. Bayona's A Monster Calls is a masterpiece.

SEAN O'CONNELL
CINEMA BLEND
Photo | Origin: J.A. Bayona directs A Monster Calls from a script by the novel's author Patrick Ness. The novel was awarded 2012's Carnegie and Greenaway Medals.
Photo | Escape: No matter the level of fear, anger or confusion, Connor...
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Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits. Your belief is valuable, so you must be careful where you put it. And in whom.

The Monster