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Weekend Film Reviews

A Monster Calls

Hosted by Joe Morgenstern Dec. 23, 2016 Entertainment
When a monster shows up at a young boy's bedroom window one night...

What spans the monster of A Monster Calls is the rage of a 12-year-old schoolboy whose beloved mother is dying of cancer. 

Photo: Conor, played by Lewis MacDougall

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