A Monster Calls (film)

A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	J. A. Bayona
Screenplay by	Patrick Ness
Based on	A Monster Calls; by Patrick Ness; (from an idea by Siobhan Dowd)
Produced by	Belén Atienza
Starring	Lewis MacDougall; Sigourney Weaver; Felicity Jones; Toby Kebbell; Liam Neeson;
Cinematography	Óscar Faura
Edited by	Bernat Vilaplana; Jaume Martí;
Music by	Fernando Velázquez
Production; companies	Participant Media; River Road Entertainment; Apaches Entertainment; Telecinco Cinema; Peliculas La Trini;
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (Spain); Entertainment One Films (United Kingdom and Australia); Focus Features (United States); Lionsgate (International);
Release dates	September 10, 2016 (TIFF); October 7, 2016 (Spain); January 1, 2017 (United Kingdom);
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	Spain; United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$43 million
Box office	$47.3 million

A Monster Calls is a 2016 dark fantasy drama film directed by J. A. Bayona and starring Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, and Liam Neeson. Featuring a screenplay adapted by Patrick Ness from his own 2011 novel of the same name, the film follows a boy grappling with his mother's terminal illness who is visited and told stories by a giant anthropomorphic yew tree.

The film rights to Ness' novel were acquired by Focus Features in March 2014, after which he was hired as screenwriter and Bayona signed on as director. Jones was cast that April, Neeson joined the film in May, and the rest of the main roles were cast by September. Principal photography began on 30 September, with filming taking place primarily in West Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Lancashire in England, as well as in Bayona's native Spain.^[3]

After premiering on 10 September 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film was theatrically released on 7 October in Spain by Universal Pictures, on 1 January 2017 in the United Kingdom by Entertainment One, and five days later in the United States by Focus Features. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Bayona's direction, the acting, the visual effects, and the thematic content, but underperformed at the box office, grossing $47 million worldwide.^[5]

^ "'A Monster Calls': Toronto Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "A Monster Calls (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "A Monster Calls". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ Browne, Kit Simpson (15 September 2016). "Patrick Ness Explains Why 'A Monster Calls' Is Going To Make You Cry". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b "A Monster Calls (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 April 2017.

[1] "'A Monster Calls': Toronto Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[2] "A Monster Calls (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[tiff-3] "A Monster Calls". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.

[budget0-4] Browne, Kit Simpson (15 September 2016). "Patrick Ness Explains Why 'A Monster Calls' Is Going To Make You Cry". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

[BOM-5] "A Monster Calls (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 April 2017.

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