A Monster Calls currently has an average rating of 7.3 out of 10 and has been rated by 173 users on our platform.
...the giant tree monster—in many scenes an actual animatronic creation, in the “Kong” tradition—is a formidable, fantastic effect, and the design and animation of his tales is first-rate...
Read full review at Roger EbertThis is an affecting movie with a lump-in-the-throat ending...
Read full review at The Guardian...an utterly heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting film about a lonely 12-year-old child of divorce (...) grappling with his mother’s terminal illness.
Read full review at The Austin ChronicleThis is not just a film about grief; it’s a film that immerses you in grief’s journey.
Read full review at The Guardian...an entirely new kind of YA saga – sensitive rather than superficial, creative rather than prosaic, humane rather than trading on single-serving heroes with zero personality.
Read full review at Little White Lies...if you let the film in, it’s unlikely to let you leave the cinema with dry eyes.
Read full review at EmpireConors (Lewis MacDougall är fantastiskt fin i rollen) tappra kamp mot klockan och mot döden trycker på alla känsloknappar...
Read full review at Dagens NyheterJ.A. Bayonas visuelt overdådige, men til tider overfrankerede drama om en drengs psykologiske forsvarsmekanismer er oprigtigt rørende.
Read full review at Soundvenue...[handler] først og fremmest om Conor, dette stærke og samtidig sårbare lille menneske, som må tage fantasien i brug for at kapere virkelighedens traumer.
Read full review at Cinemazone...en otroligt vacker, mörk och hjärtskärande berättelse. I en tid där majoriteten av alla barnfilmer handlar om söta animerade djur, så är det otroligt vågat att utforska teman som ensamhet, mobbing och döden.
Read full review at Filmtopp...har sans for det intense og skønheden i alvoren, og han håndterer ømtålelige emner på en respektfuld og alligevel konfronterende facon.
Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko…briserar i en med full kraft. Man kan inte och vill inte värja sig.
Read full review at Moviezine