Felicity Jones, left, plays Mum, and Lewis MacDougall plays Conor in "A Monster Calls." (Quim Vives/Focus Features) Young actor Lewis MacDougall brings heartbreaking earnestness to young Conor ...

“A Monster Calls,” which considers children’s feelings ... Newcomer Lewis MacDougall brings heartbreaking earnestness to Conor, whom the monster describes as “too old to be a kid, too ...

Conor lives alone with his Mum ... Sponsor Message Because A Monster Calls began life as a multiple-award-winning young adult novel, you can expect that storytelling and morality will play ...

A Monster Calls is theater at its best: a powerful story, inventive staging and beautiful design. We feel a strong connection to Conor and to those around him. The production never loses sight of ...

More likely, “A Monster Calls” will join a long list of tragic ... and his arboreal best friend — his only friend, actually. Conor’s only other companion is his grandmother (a curiously ...

So Conor is forced to move in with his formidable ... Viewers don’t have to be nearly so stoic: They can just let the tears flow. “A Monster Calls” Three stars. Rated PG-13.

Conor, bullied at school and worried about ... Based on a 2011 book by Patrick Ness (who also wrote the screenplay), A Monster Calls is an odd movie but not a dull one, and seems destined to ...

"The monster represents the man Conor is turning into ... Focus Features has re-set the release for A Monster Calls — the cinematic adaptation of Patrick Ness's coming-of-age graphic novel ...

Jono Wallace, center, acting as Conor, rehearses a scene from “A Monster Calls” with fellow actors Tuesday at Midland Community Theatre. The play will show October 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m ...

A Monster Calls begins in the middle of two nightmares. The first is literal, as young Conor (Lewis MacDougall) dreams of the earth ripping apart and a church falling inside. The second nightmare ...

"A Monster Calls," which considers children's feelings ... Newcomer Lewis MacDougall brings heartbreaking earnestness to Conor, whom the monster describes as "too old to be a kid, too young ...