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Lewis MacDougall | ... |
Conor
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Sigourney Weaver | ... |
Grandma
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Felicity Jones | ... | ||
Toby Kebbell | ... |
Dad
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Ben Moor | ... |
Mr. Clark
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James Melville | ... |
Harry
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Oliver Steer | ... |
Sully
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Dominic Boyle | ... |
Anton
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Jennifer Lim | ... | ||
Max Gabbay | ... |
Steven
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Morgan Symes | ... | ||
Max Golds | ... |
5-Year-Old Connor
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Frida Palsson | ... |
Lily's Mum
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Wanda Opalinska | ... |
Female Nurse
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Patrick Taggart | ... |
Teacher
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The monster does not come walking often. This time it comes to Connor, and it asks for the one thing Connor 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 Connor overcome his problems? Will everything be okay? Will Connor be able to speak the truth?
Been quite long since the last time I wrote something about anything, but I guess this one deserves a bit more words than others.
Every once in a while you might watch something that absorbed you completely and got you thinking about it. Not because it's perfect but because it touched you personally.
A Monster Calls tells a story about a boy named Conor who has to cope with his mom's illness while going through his adolescence. Sounds like a typical coming-of-age story, but it's not. Bayona has created one of a kind, exquisite, complex and profound story for all ages while at the same time didn't forget to look gorgeous (I'd totally buy their watercolor artworks) and well-acted. The most impressive part of the movie for me wasn't the technicality but the emotion and imagination involved while creating this.
But at the end of the day, Bayona won me over simply by reminding us all that sometimes it's when you hold something closest to you that you're finally able to let it go.