A Monster Calls

A Monster Calls is an award-winning 2016 dark fantasy drama film starring Liam Neeson and Sigourney Weaver. I watched it solely because of those two actors and didn't know what to expect. I wasn't expecting such a touching film, though, or one so sad. I watched it on Netflix, at that time the last movie in my Netflix watchlist. I've added to the list since then.

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Rolling Stone calls it "extraordinary" and closes its review with this:

Evocative, mysterious and shot through with bruising humor and heartbreak, A Monster Calls gets you where you live and where there’s no place to hide. There’s magic in it.

The Guardian has a positive review and says, "This is not just a film about grief; it’s a film that immerses you in grief’s journey." Empire Online says, "if you let the film in, it’s unlikely to let you leave the cinema with dry eyes." Roger Ebert's site calls it "a metaphorical allegory of childhood, illness, death, and grief. And an often very powerful film." Rotten Tomatoes has a critics consensus score of 86%.