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2016 dark fantasy drama film by J. A. Bayona

Belén Atienza
Mitch Horwits
Jonathan King

Participant Media
River Road Entertainment
Apaches Entertainment
Telecinco Cinema
Peliculas La Trini

Universal Pictures (Spain)
Entertainment One Films (United Kingdom and Australia)
Focus Features (United States)
Lionsgate (International) [1]

September 10, 2016 ( 2016-09-10 ) ( TIFF )
October 7, 2016 ( 2016-10-07 ) (Spain)
January 1, 2017 ( 2017-01-01 ) (United Kingdom)

Spain [3]
United Kingdom [3]
United States

A Monster Calls is a 2016 dark fantasy drama film directed by J. A. Bayona and written by Patrick Ness , based on his 2011 novel of the same name , which in turn was based on an original idea by Siobhan Dowd . The film stars Sigourney Weaver , Felicity Jones , Toby Kebbell , Lewis MacDougall , and Liam Neeson , and tells the story of Conor (MacDougall), a child whose mother (Jones) is terminally ill ; one night, he is visited by a monster in the form of a giant anthropomorphic yew tree (Neeson), who states that he will come back and tell Conor three stories. The film is an international co-production between Spain, United Kingdom and the United States. [3]

A Monster Calls premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2016. It was then released in Spain on 7 October 2016, and in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2017. In the United States, the film began a limited release on 23 December 2016, followed by a wide release on 6 January 2017. It received positive reviews, being praised for its themes, directing, performances and visual effects, but underperformed at the box office, grossing $47 million worldwide on a budget of $43 million. [5]

12-year-old Conor O'Malley has a close bond with his seriously ill mother, and maintains the household during her regular chemotherapy treatments at the hospital. His grandmother often visits, and suggests he come live with her in the event of his mother's death. Conor doesn't warm to her due to her coldness.

At school, he is regularly tormented by his classmate Harry. He is also plagued by a nightmare in which the old church near his house collapses into a hole, where he tries to prevent someone from plummeting to their death by trying to hold onto them. Conor vents his emotions by drawing, a talent inherited from his mother.

One night, exactly seven minutes past midnight, he sees the large yew tree next to the church transform into a gnarled Monster that approaches his home. The Monster says it will tell Conor three stories during their next meetings, after which Conor must tell the Monster a fourth tale in return.

In the Monster's first story, a prince escapes from his stepgrandmother, the supposedly-evil queen. He then kills his sleeping bride under a yew tree and makes the queen the scapegoat so the people drive her away and make him king.

As Conor's mother worsens, he moves in with his grandmother. In the evening, Conor summons the Monster by forcing the hands of the clock to show 12:07. He appears, and tells the second story. In the tale, a hard-hearted parson forbids an apothecary from extracting medicine from an old yew tree, only to rescind this measure when his own children become ill. The apothecary refuses to help him, and the Monster begins to destroy the parson's house as punishment. Conor enthusiastically joins in on the destruction, but he suddenly finds he has angrily destroyed his grandmother's sitting room and valuable grandfather clock instead. His grandmother, while shocked and bitter, does not punish Conor.

The doctors turn to a final treatment involving yew wood. Conor implores the Monster to heal his mother, only for the Monster to dismiss the matter as outside of his responsibility. At school, Harry proclaims he will no longer bother Conor because he "no longer sees [him]". The Monster tells the third story of an invisible man who did not want to be so. With his support, Conor angrily attacks Harry, hospitalizing him. To his astonishment, the headmistress refrains from punishing him as she comprehends his current home situation.

When it becomes clear his mother will die, Conor runs to the yew tree, where the Monster forces him to relive his recurring nightmare. This time we see it's his mother, dangling for her life over a precipice, holding onto Conor's hand. He slowly loses his grip until his mother disappears into the enormous sinkhole. The monster then confronts Conor and repeatedly demands he tell his fourth tale, as it's the only way for him to be set free. Conor pleads not to, believing that the truth would kill him.

Eventually, Conor tells his own tale, admitting that he had long suspected his mother would not survive and secretly hoped the pain would end soon. In his recurring nightmares, he subconsciously let go of his mother's hand, which fills him with guilt. The Monster commends Conor for his bravery and tells him he did not truly want his mother to die, but simply to end the suffering.

Conor's grandmother finds him asleep under the yew tree and on the drive to the hospital, Conor reconciles with her. At the hospital, he embraces his mother one last time and as she passes she glances at the Monster, dying at exactly seven minutes past midnight. Conor returns to his grandmother's house, where his mother's old room is refurbished for him. There, he finds his mother's childhood art book, which depicts the stories that were told to him by the Monster, and a drawing of his mother as a child on the Monster's shoulder.

Focus Features bought the rights to the book in March 2014. [8] Patrick Ness, the book's author, served as the film's screenwriter, with J. A. Bayona hired as director. [9] On 23 April 2014, Felicity Jones joined the film to play the boy's mother. [10] On 8 May, Liam Neeson was cast to voice the Monster, [11] and on 18 August, Sigourney Weaver joined to play the boy's grandmother. [12] On August 19, Toby Kebbell was also cast in the film. [13] On 3 September, author Ness tweeted that Lewis MacDougall had been set for one of the lead roles as the boy in the film. [14] On 30 September, Geraldine Chaplin joined the cast. [15]

Liam Neeson, who voices the titular tree creature, was not on set throughout the shooting process, and completed his motion-capture performance during a two-week period beforehand, with MacDougall in the room. [19] Actor Tom Holland , who worked with Bayona on The Impossible , worked on set as The Monster on a week when Neeson was absent. [6] [7]

Originally scheduled for an October 2016 release, [20] [21] the film was delayed in order to avoid competition from Jack Reacher: Never Go Back , Boo! A Madea Halloween , Ouija: Origin of Evil , and Keeping Up with the Joneses . [ citation needed ] It was rescheduled for a limited roll out on 23 December 2016, followed by a wide release on 6 January 2017. [22] The film was released in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2017, by Entertainment One and Lionsgate , [23] and in India on 6 January 2017, by B4U Relativity. [24]

A Monster Calls grossed $3.7 million in the United States and Canada and $43.5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $47.2 million, against a production budget of $43 million. [5]

In North America, the film had its wide release alongside the opening of Underworld: Blood Wars and the wide expansions of Hidden Figures and Lion , and was initially expected to gross around $10 million from 1,523 theaters over the weekend. [25] However, after making just $659,000 on its first day, weekend projections were lowered to $2 million, which it ended up grossing, finishing 13th at the box office. [26] In its second weekend of wide release it grossed $537,262 (a drop of 74.2%) and in its third week made just $19,080 (a drop of 96.4%) after being pulled from all but 42 theaters, one of the biggest third week theater drops in history. [27] [28]

The aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 86% based on 266 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, " A Monster Calls deftly balances dark themes and fantastical elements to deliver an engrossing and uncommonly moving entry in the crowded coming-of-age genre." [29] At Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [30] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. [31]

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness from an idea by Siobhan Dowd
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by Lori Steinhorst

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November 1st 1994
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When the Monster Comes Out of the Closet

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Nov 22, 2018

Clint the Cool Guy

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Fascinating, but also highly repulsive, disgusting, and hard to rate. This book puts you directly into the thought process of a “man” who was a pedophile, child rapist, and murderer. That is of somewhat questionable value. So why 5 stars? Because I feel like the author/interviewer did a good job with what she did. Also, disgusting as it is, the book is definitely fascinating at times. It is incredibly bizarre to hear Westley Allan Dodd repeatedly go on these tirades blaming law enforcement for not
Fascinating, but also highly repulsive, disgusting, and hard to rate. This book puts you directly into the thought process of a “man” who was a pedophile, child rapist, and murderer. That is of somewhat questionable value. So why 5 stars? Because I feel like the author/interviewer did a good job with what she did. Also, disgusting as it is, the book is definitely fascinating at times. It is incredibly bizarre to hear Westley Allan Dodd repeatedly go on these tirades blaming law enforcement for not punishing him or stopping him from doing his crimes. I mean, he gets downright indignant about it. And while he is correct (sort of), where is any taking responsibility for maybe deciding not to abuse kids in the first place? It just shows you the odd sort of detachment that he had mentally in the way he talks about these crimes. Like these kids aren’t even real people. One of the most fascinating parts of this book is less about Dodd and more about the creepy sorts of women that serial killers attract while in jail. Toward the end of the book, we get some detailed interviews and correspondence with a woman who was convinced that she was in love with him. She was a stalker type, definitely not right in the head, and Dodd’s comments about her are both humorous and spot on. It is sad and pathetic that a child molester can attract a woman determined to “love” and *fix* him. Just weird, man! The kindle version has a lot of formatting errors. It would be nice if these were cleaned up some time.
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I'll say that I'm 80% done with this book... but I have to take a break. This book is a record of the confessed crimes committed by the subject, in detail. He committed the same crimes over and over and over... and thus the book seems a little redundant, but it also is depressing me. I didn't expect anything different, but due to the nature of crimes and their detail, a reader of this book may want to take it in small doses. It's disturbing, gross and makes you truly question humanity... but it
I'll say that I'm 80% done with this book... but I have to take a break. This book is a record of the confessed crimes committed by the subject, in detail. He committed the same crimes over and over and over... and thus the book seems a little redundant, but it also is depressing me. I didn't expect anything different, but due to the nature of crimes and their detail, a reader of this book may want to take it in small doses. It's disturbing, gross and makes you truly question humanity... but it helps you understand what lurks out there so you can protect your family.
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Apr 04, 2018

Becky

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This popped up as a recommendation in my true crime section of kindle and I SHOULD NOT have read it. It's so disturbing on so many levels and the killer/ child predator interviewed rambles on and on about his life and his crime, which started at the age of 13- a true narcissistic psychopath. I pretty much wanted to throw up reading this, but at least he felt some remorse before his execution. Horrific. Pretty sure my kids are never going to the park alone. Ever. Ugh.
This popped up as a recommendation in my true crime section of kindle and I SHOULD NOT have read it. It's so disturbing on so many levels and the killer/ child predator interviewed rambles on and on about his life and his crime, which started at the age of 13- a true narcissistic psychopath. I pretty much wanted to throw up reading this, but at least he felt some remorse before his execution. Horrific. Pretty sure my kids are never going to the park alone. Ever. Ugh.
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How do you rate the autobiographical account of a serial killer who goes into detail about his crimes? I've already struggled with this before. On the one hand there is horror and revulsion, on the other this gives us the best way of understanding not just the what and how, but most significantly the why. I think for that reason alone it deserves a four star rating. It's also good to note that Dodd himself wrote this account, Steinhorst (and Rose) merely edited.
How do you rate the autobiographical account of a serial killer who goes into detail about his crimes? I've already struggled with this before. On the one hand there is horror and revulsion, on the other this gives us the best way of understanding not just the what and how, but most significantly the why. I think for that reason alone it deserves a four star rating. It's also good to note that Dodd himself wrote this account, Steinhorst (and Rose) merely edited.
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Nov 19, 2017

Kimberly Jackson

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This book was very creepy. This monster of a man should have died the day he was sentenced. I felt so sorry for those innocent kids who had to deal with this monster. The information in this book parents please pay attention to who is around your kids and who they are taking too. Four stars from me but I liked the information!!!

May 15, 2021

Sandra K. Rodriguez

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A must-read Every parent should read this book to learn all the ways you can protect your children. The monster can be someone you or your children know and trust. You can't be too careful with your babies, young children, older children, teenagers, etc. There are still many, many monsters out there just waiting for the chance to grab them. Unfortunately, this is reality!
A must-read Every parent should read this book to learn all the ways you can protect your children. The monster can be someone you or your children know and trust. You can't be too careful with your babies, young children, older children, teenagers, etc. There are still many, many monsters out there just waiting for the chance to grab them. Unfortunately, this is reality!
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At times a hard-to-find book thats price fluctuates to $1000 and more at times. This is the softcover book titled, "When the Monster Comes Out of the Closet: Wesley Allen Dodd in His Own Words" by Lori Steinhorst and John Rose. This is not mass market paperback type stuff, as it's filled with Dodd talking about his career as a pedophile, how rarely he got caught at it for as much as he was doing. It's just difficult to stomach at times, yet insightful for people especially any with small childre
At times a hard-to-find book thats price fluctuates to $1000 and more at times. This is the softcover book titled, "When the Monster Comes Out of the Closet: Wesley Allen Dodd in His Own Words" by Lori Steinhorst and John Rose. This is not mass market paperback type stuff, as it's filled with Dodd talking about his career as a pedophile, how rarely he got caught at it for as much as he was doing. It's just difficult to stomach at times, yet insightful for people especially any with small children. A rare view of a twisted person who caused a lot of damage in his wake until he was finally caught.
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