Trailer for “A Monster Calls” with Liam Neeson is here
Lewis MacDougall leads the film as Conor, a 12-year-old who’s having a tough time all around. At home, he’s struggling with his mother’s illness; at school, he’s targeted by bullies. He escapes into a fantasy world with the help of a giant tree monster voiced by Liam Neeson. It all sounds very silly when I put it that way, I know, but A Monster Calls looks like a visually sumptuous treat and a real tearjerker to boot. Watch the A Monster Calls trailer below.
If you like movies that explore unwieldy emotions through surrealism and fantasy, then A Monster Calls may be the movie for you. The fairy tale-like scenes here are not incidental — they are a powerful visual manifestation of a boy’s anger and fear and grief. Neeson, who’s spent much of his recent career chasing down kidnapped relatives, is surprisingly perfect as the low, rumbling voice of a giant tree monster. Meanwhile, Felicity Jones and Toby Kebbell, as the boy’s parents, help the film keep one foot solidly planted in the real world.
A visually spectacular drama from acclaimed director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible), based on the award-winning children’s fantasy novel. 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) attempts to deal with his mother’s (Felicity Jones) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage, loss, and faith.
A Monster Calls arrives October 21.
[SlashFilm]
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