A Monster Calls

Release Date: Friday, December 23, 2016 Limited Friday, January 6, 2017 Nationwide

Liam Neeson, Felicity Jones, Geraldine Chaplin, Belen Atienza, Toby Kebbell, Sigourney Weaver, Juan Antonio Bayona, Lewis MacDougall, Patrick Ness

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Plot

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Plot
Follows 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) who attempts to deal with his mother's (Felicity Jones, who stars in Focus’ fall release The Theory of Everything) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage, loss and faith.
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The film's director Juan Antonio Bayona last directed Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and The Impossible. The film's writer Patrick Ness last wrote Chaos Walking and Anya’s Ghost.

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Belen Atienza

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Language
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Key Facts

  • The creative team on A Monster Calls also includes production designer Eugenio Caballero, an Academy Award winner for Pan's Labyrinth who previously collaborated with the director on The Impossible; costume designer Steven Noble (The Theory of Everything); and cinematographer Óscar Faura, who shot both The Impossible and The Orphanage for Mr. Bayona.
  • Liam Neeson will star in performance-capture and voiceover as the nocturnally visiting monster of the title.
  • Based on the award-winning children's fantasy novel by Patrick Ness (the "Chaos Walking" trilogy).

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Release Dates

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A Monster Calls was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, December 23, 2016 . There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including Why Him?, Silence and I, Daniel Blake. As a limited release, A Monster Calls was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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