Monster Calls, A (2016)

Plot:

A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness. (Note: licensees are to use the embedded videos for preview purposes only and they should obtain full-length versions for their public performance needs.)

Director:J. A. Bayona

Starring:Felicity Jones, Lewis MacDougall, Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver

PG-13, 2016, Focus Features

Monster Calls, A (2016)

1. Boy has a midnight visitor

2. No welcome for the monster

3. People are capable of good and evil

4. Boy moves in with strict grandmother

5. Belief is valuable, so be careful where you put it

6. Monster's tale sparks destruction

7. "Most of us just get 'messily ever after'"

8. Art: the life is in the eyes

9. Bullied boy tired of feeling invisible

10. Dying mother tells son it is okay to grieve

11. Boy helpless to save mother from death

12. Boy watches mother die