absent father is far from the bad
guy he might be in a less nuanced treatment of this sort of
story. “Few of us live happily after,” he tells his son. “Most of us
just live messily after.”
A Monster Calls refuses to wear
kid gloves, and is brutally honest
about the cruelties of life, yet it’s
never cynical. It’s a heartfelt,
humanistic tribute to how we
cope with forces beyond our
control, as hopeful as it is heartbreaking. w
A Monster Calls
4 stars out of 5
Directed by:
JA Bayona
Starring:
Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson
Lewis MacDougall, Toby Kebbell, Geraldine Chaplin
NJ STAGE 2016 - ISSUE 12
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