Film: A Monster Calls Year: 2016 Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy Directed By: J.A. Bayona Starring: Lewis McDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones About: A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Xbo-irtBA My Review: Having been meaning to watch this for a while I was glad that I noticed this was on Netflix and as a result decided to give this a watch and I am so glad that I did. The film follows a boy named Connor and when his mother starts getting worse while being ill with cancer starts the grieving process and gets the help from a monster who helps him with the first four stages of the grieving process. I thought that this film was done really well and had the animation work really well with the stories in which the tree monster was showing Connor and showed the four stages very tastefully. This made me enjoy the movie more as I feel that they were not pushing the ...
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