A Monster Calls

A touching movie that deals with dark themes beautifully. The film is about a boy grappling with the fact that his mother is terminally ill.

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The storytelling is done with watercolor paintings, drawings, motion-capture, dream sequences, and regular old film-making.

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The Monster, voiced by Liam Neeson, is fantastic. Kudos to whoever did the sound for this movie.

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Belief is half of all the 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.

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When the boy finally tells the yew tree the truth, we feel it as a punch in the gut. Anyone who has had to watch someone they love walk the path to an unavoidable end will feel the power of this film.

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It looks like a tale for children, but unless the child has had experience with a terminally ill parent, it might be too much. This is a tale for adults.

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