Monster Calls, A Movie Cover

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

12

Boy watches mother die

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss

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