Monster Calls, A

Based on the novel by Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls is a visually spectacular and stunningly emotional tale of a boy who meets a monster who helps hem face the future. Conor O’Malley (MacDougall) is a 12-year-old who yearns for guidance after his beloved mother (Jones) becomes ill, and he moves in with his less-than-sympathetic grandmother (Weaver). He unexpectedly summons a 40-foot high colossus of a creature, the Monster (voiced and performed by Neeson), who becomes a most unlikely ally by guiding him on a journey of courage, faith, and truth that powerfully fuses imagination and reality. (Gary Reber)