Instead, he takes refuge in drawing, and in the monster — a creature ... offering stories. You watch “A Monster Calls” wondering a bit about who its audience might be; though its tone ...

Wondrous but grounded, “A Monster Calls” shifts back and forth between ... That last theme drives the film to its finale, in which drawings, sculptures and even family photos all come together ...

“A Monster Calls,” based on a story that was originated ... “There were beautiful drawings from Jim Kay [the book’s illustrator] depicting the monster,” Bayona tells TheWrap’s Steve ...

In A Monster Calls, a preteen boy in a rambling English ... But screenwriter Patrick Ness, adapting his own book, and director J.A. Bayona, drawing on some of the Gothic visual demons he first ...

And when I thought about drawings, I also had this idea that Conor is an artist and somehow using his pens calls the monster. “The first animated story feels like watercolor, very two ...

J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls premiered last year as part of the ... Conor grows frustrated, finding solace in drawing and painting, and then one night, the line between fantasy and reality ...

From its elegant title to its unexpectedly edgy tone, “A Monster Calls” makes its own way ... Referencing the fact that Conor likes to draw, the monster’s three tales are presented in ...

As coming-of-age movies go, “A Monster Calls” is a uniquely gloomy experience ... dream sequences and watercolor drawings where the ink bleeds into the page until it looks alive.

A Monster Calls dials up a nostalgic and superb coming ... One night while staying up late and drawing, Conor is summoned outside his flat by the giant yew tree in the nearby cemetery that's ...

Review "A Monster Calls" Rated: PG-13 Running time ... dream sequences and watercolor drawings where the ink bleeds into the page until it looks alive. Bayona showed assured pacing with his ...

A Monster Calls explores a common but devastating emotion ... Conor likes to paint and draw, things his mother also liked to do before she had him. His parents split up when he was small, and ...