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A Beautifully Written and Directed Film With a Powerful Message (REVIEW)

posted 8 years ago by themovieparadise
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The performances are top notch. Felicity Jones steals the movie with a very restrained and emotional performance, one that could earn her a Best Supporting Actress nomination. Lewis MacDougall was also excellent. I wouldn't put him on the level of say Jacob Tremblay in Room, but he effectively carried the film and invited us into this world. Sigourney Weaver, Toby Kebbell and Liam Neeson were also really good in their supporting roles. But the stand-out of the film is the writing and directing. Patrick Ness wrote the screenplay based off of his own book, and I think he's looking at an Oscar nomination. It was so well crafted and organized. There was a Q&A with him after the screening I attended, and he was very witty, but also insightful on his process of writing. I believe he has a nice career ahead of him in the industry. I already touched on the directing before, but J.A. Bayona proves himself to be one hell of a visual storyteller. I can't wait to see what he does with Jurassic World 2...

You can read our full review here: http://themovieparadise101.blogspot.com/2016/11/a-monster-calls-spoiler-free-review.html

[–] Horse_Caulk 8 years ago

So....what's the "powerful message"?

[–] themovieparadise 8 years ago

The message is that even in the face of tragedy, when you feel that there's nowhere left to go or nothing left to do, you will be able to push and make it through.

[–] lkroger 8 years ago

The "powerful message" is that the movie stinks, so you even though you're supposed to pretend to be deeply involved in the emotional trauma of the poor kid, in fact you shouldn't feel guilty about wishing it was over so you could go home and get on with your life. In other words, you come away with the same lesson the kid did. And just as he couldn't get his mother back even though he cried and begged, neither could you get your $9 ticket price back.

[–] speculator-1 8 years ago

If you leave within the first twenty minutes or so, you should be able to get a full refund.

If you stayed into the Second Act of a film, you can't say you didn't know what you were in store for.

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[–] Mad_Monkey 8 years ago

I didn't like the movie at all, it was incredibly slow and uninteresting. The special effects were good but that's the only thing good about this movie.
The movie was so dull I kept losing interest in it and found it hard to follow.