Oh jeez never has a film affected me so much, I’m gonna come clean about something I am a huge mummy’s boy I love my mum to the end of the earth and would do anything for her, I saw the trailer for this film and thought right.. yeah I’m not going to see this at all because I know what I will be like, an emotional cry baby, so my mum and dad and a few friends got together and watched A Monster Calls… as the lights came up at the end I was a wreck my face was soaked with tears it was like I had half of Niagara Falls pouring out of my eyes.

A Monster Calls follows the story of a young boy named Connor his mum has cancer and his one fear is losing her, he is tormented at school by bullies, one night a monster in the form of a tree comes along and tells him three stories, by the way the animation that goes with these stories is phenomenal just wanna point that out, any way as the film goes on we learn that Connor’s mum is dying and the only thing that can cure her is medicine from an ancient old yew tree, we start thinking yay there’s hope, but alas there isn’t and the final bit of treatment is unsuccessful, after an emotional talk about if your feeling angry and want to break something then break them, Connor goes back to the monster and tells him that he’s afraid of letting go, he’s afraid and doesn’t want his mum to die (feeling emotional yet) he feels tired and falls asleep with the monster telling him that when he wakes up it’ll be time.

When Connor wakes up his grandmother comes and drops him off at the hospital, cue one of the most emotional moments ever seen in a children’s film… oh yeah did I mention this is a children’s film, anyway the monster appears in the hospital with Connor and tells him that this is the end of the fourth tale (the fourth tale was Connor’s fear of losing his mum) Connor asks what he should do to which the monster replies “speak the truth” Connor then looks at his mum smiles at her and says “I don’t want you to go” well let’s just say at this point Niagara Falls was pouring out of my eyes, I was a wreck, anyway after an emotional farewell Connor’s mum sadly passes away in Connor’s arms (if your not crying your eyes out then your a cyborg I’m sorry)

Oh boy this film was sad, emotional and above all depressing! I have never cried at a film like that…. oh yeah The Notebook forgot about that anyway A Monster Calls is by far a very very very emotional film and for a kids film it does touch on some pretty dark themes such as death, cancer and losing someone we love, but then saying that that’s every child’s fear, look at Disney when they kill of the parents that’s every kids worst nightmare losing a parent, any way let’s make this review happy happy happy, I loved this film a lot my final rating is 10/10 is dark, depressing and really really emotional, so do yourselves a favour and go watch this film it’s amazing but until next time guys catch ya later.