
Monster Calls, A
PG-13, 2016, Focus Features
Director:
J. A. Bayona
Starring:
Liam Neeson, Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones
Plot:
A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness. (Note: licensees are to use the embedded videos for preview purposes only and they should obtain full-length versions for their public performance needs.)
1
Boy has a midnight visitor
Themes: Children, God's Intervention, Imagination, Mystery
2
No welcome for the monster
Themes: Bitterness, Dreams, Rejection
3
Boy moves in with strict grandmother
Themes: Apathy, Defiance, Grandparents, Narrow-mindedness
4
Monster's tale sparks destruction
Themes: Belief, Hypocrisy, Judgment Day, Unethical
5
"Most of us just get 'messily ever after'"
Themes: Commitment, Divorce, Love, Marriage
6
Art: the life is in the eyes
Themes: Life, Memories, Mother-Son, Training
7
Bullied boy tired of feeling invisible
Themes: Bullying, Isolation, Loneliness
8
People are capable of good and evil
Themes: Evil, Good vs Evil, Sin, Sinner
9
Belief is valuable, so be careful where you put it
Themes: Belief, Belief in God, Faith
10
Dying mother tells son it is okay to grieve
Themes: Bad News, Grief, Mother-Son, Sickness
11
Boy helpless to save mother from death
Themes: Futility, Helping Others, Helplessness
