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 ...

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.

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 ...

Conor likes to draw, and, as shown in a poignant flashback ... the man-tree-beast might be just the thing he needs. "A Monster Calls" leaves ambiguous its blend of fantasy and realistic drama ...

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 ...

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 ...

Still, Ness' writing and Bayona's handling of the imagery and his cast are what makes the dramatic aspects to the film sink in and draw tears from viewers. A Monster Calls isn't going to win any ...