Focus Features has re-set the release for A Monster Calls — the cinematic adaptation of Patrick Ness's coming-of-age graphic novel — for a limited run on Dec. 23. It will go wide to 1,500 ...

Constructing the ominous tree creature that helps 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) cope while his mother (Felicity Jones) battles an illness in A Monster Calls was an exercise in patience.

If you aren’t crying by the third act of “A Monster Calls,” you may need to have your heart checked. Anyone who has experienced grief will be moved by author Patrick Ness’ story of a ...

In “A Monster Calls,” his newest fantasy-drama spectacle ... The director drew visual inspiration from Patrick Ness’ 2011 graphic novel of the same name and its illustrations by Jim Kay ...

The author Patrick Ness also wrote the screenplay for the film. In 2011, Patrick Ness’ children’s novel “A Monster Calls” was published by Walker Books. Based on an original idea by ...

A Monster Calls tells the story of a young boy struggling to cope with his mother’s terminal illness, who finds solace with the help of a terrifying monster that takes the form of a tree and ...

Watch a video review of A Monster Calls, which Deadline's Pete Hammond says has first-rate vidual effects but is definitely not for little children. Continue to Deadline SKIP AD.