Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

larsentransport At first i thought meh, cliché story, bullied boy escapes his reality into fantasie. But that's partially true, the further into the movie the more i felt his emotions. When the third story had been told and seeks out his mom, i cracked, i cracked even more when he had to tell the monster the fourth story about "his truth" It messed with my feelings completely. I liked the ending very much, it had closure, no guessing, no open ending, everything felt in place. Well done.The cgi was good, the storyline was good. You see that this boy struggles to coop with the reality.

trvevang This film is simply a beautiful masterpiece. It makes you care for the characters, feel sorry for characters. It has style and looks good. Music on point, acting on point, story on point! I've never cried to a movie, I don't get tears in my eyes. This might have gotten a little tear in the corner of my eye. This movie is just, fantastic. Watch it.

sjalkarjadottir I liked it. Acting was well done and the story was fine, too .. but a little stereotypical. I had expected a darker tone though .. and was periodically a little bored.To me, it felt like a very, very silent, slow movie .. with very predictable storyline. I particularly liked Sigourny weavers performance.Maybe i did not quite enjoy it as much as it deserves, cause my friend was constantly complaining about not watching a "real horror" movie.The effects were .. well.. not very good though.. it felt like there were comprable cutscene effects in some video games - and the CGI did not blend in with the live action well.

Gavin Purtell 'A Monster Calls' has almost nothing to do with a monster - at it's heart, it's a straightforward story about a 12-year-old boy dealing with grief, with help from an imaginary friend. It's from Bayona, the director of 'The Impossible' (another very good survival drama), so it will be interesting to see what he does with 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'. The film centers around Conor (MacDougall), a quiet kid who loves to draw, who has a sick Mum (Jones) and a stern Grandma (Weaver). At 12:07am each night, he has a dream/nightmare where he hears a tree-monster calling him.Filmed in Manchester, there's plenty of rain and opportunities for spooky shadows and scares, but the beauty is in the benevolent twist taken on the Groot-like "monster" (Neeson), who is obviously Conor's way of dealing with his mum's cancer. The watercolour animations set to Neeson's storytelling is excellently done, with some nice morals thrown in to the "dreams" Conor has when the "monster" is present.It never gets too fantastic or unrealistic, with MacDougall successfully carrying a great load for such a young actor. He's helped expertly by Jones & Weaver, who have very significant, but relatively small, roles. It's not sad the entire film, but it really hits home for the final 15min and did not leave a dry eye in the cinema.