A MONSTER CALLS. The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. Conor was awake when it came. He'd had a nightmare. Well, not a nightmare. The nightmare. The one he'd been having a lot lately.

A Monster Calls is one of those films that’s so poignant, personal, and thoughtfully crafted that you can’t help but praise it, even though you never want to see it again and secretly maybe ...

Like Pixar’s Inside Out, A Monster Calls reminds children and teenagers that it’s OK to be sad and angry – life isn’t always a fairy tale. Twelve-year-old Conor’s (a spectacular Lewis ...

And for adults, “A Monster Calls” is a serious drama without the confections that adult dramas usually promise. There’s no sex, violence, sweeping landscapes shot or any other type of escapism.

“A Monster Calls,” which considers children’s feelings to be as real and multifaceted as anyone else’s, deserves a place in the canon of artistic explorations of grief.

Director: JA Bayona. Cast: Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Liam Neeson, Toby Kebbell, Geraldine Chaplin. 12A cert; 108 mins The monster in A Monster Calls is a metaphor, made ...