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{{Infobox film
| name           = A Monster Calls
| image          = A Monster Calls poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[J. A. Bayona]]
| screenplay     = [[Patrick Ness]]
| based_on       = {{Based on |''[[A Monster Calls]]''|Patrick Ness}}<br />(from an idea by [[Siobhan Dowd]])
| producer       = Belén Atienza
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Lewis MacDougall]]
* [[Sigourney Weaver]]
* [[Felicity Jones]]
* [[Toby Kebbell]]
* [[Liam Neeson]]
}}
| music          = [[Fernando Velázquez (composer)|Fernando Velázquez]]
| cinematography = [[Óscar Faura]]
| editing        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Bernat Vilaplana]]
* Jaume Martí
}}
| production_companies = {{plainlist|
* [[Participant Media]]
* [[River Road Entertainment]]
* Apaches Entertainment
* [[Telecinco Cinema]]
* Peliculas La Trini
}}
| distributor    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Universal Pictures]] (Spain)
* [[Entertainment One Films]] (United Kingdom and Australia)
* [[Focus Features]] (United States)
* [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] (International)<ref>{{cite news|title='A Monster Calls': Toronto Review|website=[[Screen Daily]]|access-date=9 August 2021|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/a-monster-calls-toronto-review/5108835.article}}</ref>
}}
| released       = {{film date|2016|9|10|[[2016 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|2016|10|7|Spain|2017|1|1|United Kingdom}}
| runtime        = 108 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 108:13--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/monster-calls-film | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924020541/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/monster-calls-film | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 September 2016 | title=''A Monster Calls'' (12A) | publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=23 September 2016 | access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref>
| country        = {{plainlist|
* Spain<ref name=tiff>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiff.net/films/a-monster-calls|title=A Monster Calls|work=[[Toronto International Film Festival]]|access-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714191605/http://www.tiff.net/films/a-monster-calls/|archive-date=14 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* United Kingdom<ref name=tiff/>
* United States
}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $43 million<ref name="budget0">{{cite news |last=Browne |first=Kit Simpson |url=http://moviepilot.com/posts/4096901 |title=Patrick Ness Explains Why 'A Monster Calls' Is Going To Make You Cry |access-date=13 October 2016 |date=15 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010130601/http://moviepilot.com/posts/4096901 |archive-date=10 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| gross          = $47.3 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=amonstercalls.htm |title=A Monster Calls (2016) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>
}}

'''''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 [[A Monster Calls|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 [[Taxus baccata|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, Fanny 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]].<ref name=tiff/>

After premiering on 10 September 2016 at the [[2016 Toronto International Film Festival|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.<ref name=BOM/>

==Plot==
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In rural England, 12-year-old Conor O'Malley has a close bond with his seriously ill mother. She asks his grandmother for help following her regular [[chemotherapy]] treatments, but Conor does not like his strict grandmother and is troubled by the plan for him to go live with her in the event of his mother's death, as his father lives in the United States and has a new wife and daughter.

At school, Conor is regularly tormented by his classmate Harry. He is also plagued by a nightmare in which the old church near his house collapses into a hole, and he tries desperately to hold on to his mother to prevent her from plummeting to her death. Conor vents his emotions by drawing, a skill he learned from his mother.

One night, at exactly seven minutes past midnight, Conor sees the large [[Taxus baccata|yew tree]] next to the church transform into a gnarled Monster and approach his home. The Monster says it will tell Conor three stories during their next meetings, after which Conor must tell the Monster the truth of his nightmare.

In the Monster's first story, a prince flees from his step-grandmother, the supposedly-evil queen. He then kills his sleeping beloved and scapegoats the queen so the people turn against her and make him king, where he rules benevolently. The Monster, knowing the truth, takes the innocent queen and hides her far away.

As Conor's mother worsens, he moves in with his grandmother. His father comes for a visit and takes Conor to an amusement park. He invites Conor to come spend Christmas with him, but Conor is disappointed, as he had hoped his father would ask him to move to America.

That evening, Conor summons the Monster by making the hands of his grandmother's prized grandfather clock display 12:07. In the Monster's second story, a hard-hearted parson forbids an apothecary from extracting medicine from an old yew tree, only to change his mind when his own children become ill. The apothecary refuses to help him, and the Monster begins to destroy the parson's house as punishment for giving up on his beliefs. Conor enthusiastically joins in on the destruction, and really destroys his grandmother's sitting room in a fit of frustration. When she returns, his grandmother, while shocked and upset, does not punish Conor.

The doctors try a final treatment. As it is derived from the yew, Conor implores the Monster to heal his mother, but the Monster dismisses the matter as outside of his responsibility, though he assures him if anything can cure his mother, it is the yew. At school, after Harry tells Conor he will no longer bother him because he "no longer sees him", the Monster tells his third story, a brief tale about a man no one sees who cannot stand it anymore, and calls a monster to punish everyone, only to end up more alone than ever. Conor angrily attacks Harry, hospitalizing him. To his disappointment, the head teacher, aware of his current home situation, refrains from punishing Conor.

When it becomes clear his mother will die despite the yew treatment, Conor runs to confront the Monster, who forces him to relive his recurring nightmare. His mother dangles from Conor's hand over the edge of the enormous sinkhole and then falls, disappearing into the void. The Monster repeatedly demands that Conor tell his story, saying it is the only way for him to be set free, but Conor steadfastly refuses, fearing the truth will kill him.

Eventually, Conor admits that in his nightmare he purposely lets go of his mother's hand when he could have held on for longer. He says he has long suspected his mother will not survive, and secretly hoped she would die to end their suffering, although, at the same time, he did not want her to die. The Monster commends Conor for his bravery in telling the truth and tells him that it is human to feel as he does.

Conor's grandmother finds him asleep under the tree and they come to an understanding as she takes him to the hospital. Conor embraces his mother, and they are joined by the Monster, whom his mother is also able to see. She dies at exactly seven minutes past midnight. Back at his grandmother's house, Conor learns his grandmother has refurbished his mother's old room for him. He finds his mother's childhood art book, which includes pictures of characters from the stories the Monster told him, as well as a drawing of his mother as a child on the Monster's shoulder.

==Cast==
* [[Lewis MacDougall]] as Conor O'Malley
* [[Sigourney Weaver]] as Grandma, Conor's strict grandmother
* [[Felicity Jones]] as Mom, who is undergoing treatment for an unspecified [[terminal illness]]
* [[Toby Kebbell]] as Dad, who is divorced from Conor's mother and now lives in the United States with his new wife and daughter
* James Melville as Harry, a school bully who frequently targets Conor
* [[Geraldine Chaplin]] as the [[Head teacher|principal]] at Conor's school
* [[Liam Neeson]] as the Monster, a giant humanoid [[Taxus baccata|yew tree]]. Neeson provided the Monster's voice and [[motion capture]] performance, while [[Tom Holland]] served as the stand-in for the Monster on set.<ref name=Holland>{{cite web|last=Schwerdtfeger|first=Conner|title=The Strange Role Spider-Man Star Tom Holland Plays in 'A Monster Calls'|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1559479/the-strange-role-spider-man-star-tom-holland-plays-in-a-monster-calls|access-date=24 September 2016|work=Cinemablend|date=24 September 2016}}</ref><ref name=Holland2>{{cite web |last=Siegel|first=Tatiana|date=22 September 2016|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/spider-man-star-tom-holland-s-surprising-role-monster-stand-931176|title='Spider-Man' Star Tom Holland's Surprising Role: Monster Stand-In|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref> Additionally, Neeson appears in the film in a photograph as Conor's grandfather.

==Production==
[[Focus Features]] bought the rights to [[Patrick Ness]]' book in March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming |first=Mike |url=https://deadline.com/2014/03/focus-features-juan-antonio-bayona-a-monster-callsiver-road-and-participant-693667/ |title=Focus Features Makes $20 Million Deal For 'A Monster Calls' Movie |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=5 March 2014 |access-date=9 April 2014}}</ref> Ness served as the film's screenwriter, with [[J. A. Bayona]] hired as director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/04/a-monster-calls-october-14-2016-release-focus-features-juan-antonio-bayona-712096/ |title=Focus Dates 'A Monster Calls' For October 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood|date=9 April 2014 |access-date=9 April 2014}}</ref> [[Felicity Jones]] was cast on 23 April 2014,<ref>{{cite news|title=Felicity Jones To Star In Juan Antonio Bayona's 'A Monster Calls'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/04/felicity-jones-to-star-in-juan-antonio-bayonas-a-monster-calls-717960/|access-date=24 April 2014|newspaper=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=23 April 2014}}</ref> [[Liam Neeson]] was cast on 8 May,<ref>{{cite news|last=McClintock|first=Pamela|title=Cannes: Liam Neeson Joins 'A Monster Calls'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-liam-neeson-joins-a-702270|access-date=10 May 2014|newspaper=hollywoodreporter.com|date=8 May 2014}}</ref> [[Sigourney Weaver]] was cast on 18 August,<ref>{{cite news|title=Sigourney Weaver Joins High-Profile 'A Monster Calls'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sigourney-weaver-joins-high-profile-726024|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> and [[Toby Kebbell]] was cast on 19 August.<ref>{{cite news|title='Fantastic Four' Actor Toby Kebbell in Talks to Join 'A Monster Calls'|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/fantastic-four-toby-kebbell-a-monster-calls-1201286443/|work=Variety.com}}</ref> On 3 September, Ness tweeted that [[Lewis MacDougall]] had been cast in the lead role.<ref name=MacDougall>{{cite news|last1=Espina|first1=Alfonso|title=Lewis MacDougall to Lead Adaptation of Patrick Ness' 'A Monster Calls'|url=http://upandcomers.net/2014/09/04/newcomer-lewis-macdougall-lead-adaptation-patrick-ness-monster-calls/|access-date=1 October 2014|website=upandcomers.net|date=4 September 2014|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113013/http://upandcomers.net/2014/09/04/newcomer-lewis-macdougall-lead-adaptation-patrick-ness-monster-calls/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Geraldine Chaplin]] joined the cast of the film on 30 September.<ref name="casting-three">{{cite news|title=Three Join 'A Monster Calls'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/alec-baldwin-kevin-spacey-boss-baby-843783/|access-date=1 October 2014|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=30 September 2014}}</ref>

===Filming===
[[Principal photography]] began on 30 September 2014,<ref>{{cite news|title='A Monster Calls' Begins Production |url=http://www.participantmedia.com/2014/09/a-monster-calls-begins-production/ |access-date=1 October 2014 |website=participantmedia.com |date=30 September 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003032223/http://www.participantmedia.com/2014/09/a-monster-calls-begins-production/ |archive-date=3 October 2014 }}</ref> and took place in Spain and Britain.<ref name="casting-three" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Production Begins on A Monster Calls, Starring Liam Neeson|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=123546|access-date=1 October 2014|website=ComingSoon.net|date=30 September 2014|archive-date=3 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003023450/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=123546|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 9 October, filming began on location in [[Glossop]], [[Preston, Lancashire]] ([[Ramsbottom]]), [[Rivington Pike]] ([[Chorley]]/[[Horwich]]), [[Blackpool Pleasure Beach]], and [[Marsden, West Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood film begins filming in Preston |url=http://www.lep.co.uk/video/entertainment-and-lifestyle/hollywood-film-begins-filming-in-preston-3829795664001 |access-date=10 October 2014 |website=lep.co.uk |date=9 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011125817/http://www.lep.co.uk/video/entertainment-and-lifestyle/hollywood-film-begins-filming-in-preston-3829795664001 |archive-date=11 October 2014 }}</ref>

Liam Neeson, who voices the film's titular tree creature, was not on set throughout the shooting process, having completed his motion-capture performance, with MacDougall in the room, during a two-week period beforehand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-monster-calls-speaks-kids-adults-says-sigourney-weaver-954240|title='A Monster Calls' Speaks to Both Kids and Adults, Says Sigourney Weaver|first=Ashley |last=Lee|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=8 December 2016|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> Actor [[Tom Holland (actor)|Tom Holland]], who had previously worked with Bayona on ''[[The Impossible (2012 film)|The Impossible]]'' (2012), worked on set as the stand-in for the Monster.<ref name=Holland /><ref name=Holland2 />

==Release==
In the United States, the film was originally scheduled for an October 2016 release,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=116965 |title=Focus Features Sets A Monster Calls for 14 October 2016 |website=ComingSoon.net |access-date=9 April 2014 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124201/https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=116965 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/a-monster-calls-focus-features-liam-neeson-felicity-jones-1201765985/|title='A Monster Calls' A Week Later In October|first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=1 June 2016|access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> before being rescheduled for a limited rollout on 23 December 2016, followed by a wide release on 6 January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/felicity-jones-liam-neeson-a-monster-calls-release-date-change-1201810548/|title=Focus Features' 'A Monster Calls' Dials Up Christmas Weekend Release|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=29 August 2016|access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2017 by [[Entertainment One]] and [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finalreel.co.uk/a-monster-calls-uk-release-date/|title=A Monster Calls UK Release Date Set for January, The Tree Awakens on First Poster|website=Final Reel|first=Kenji|last=Lloyd|date=19 June 2016|access-date=30 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107024758/http://www.finalreel.co.uk/a-monster-calls-uk-release-date/|archive-date=7 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in India on 6 January 2017 by [[Relativity Media|Relativity]] [[B4U (network)|B4U]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fCNm6UiSDw|title=A Monster Calls India Trailer|website=YouTube|date=28 December 2016 }}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
''A Monster Calls'' grossed $3.7 million in the United States and Canada and $43.5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $47.2 million, against a production budget of $43 million.<ref name=BOM />

In North America, the film had its wide release alongside the opening of ''[[Underworld: Blood Wars]]'' and the wide expansions of ''[[Hidden Figures]]'' and ''[[Lion (2016 film)|Lion]]'', and was initially expected to gross around $10 million from 1,523 theaters over the weekend.<ref name="preview">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-movie-projector-20170103-story.html |title='Hidden Figures' is likely to draw crowds as 'Rogue One' stays on top of the box office |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=4 January 2017 }}</ref> However, after making just $659,000 on its first day, weekend projections were lowered to $2 million, which it ended up grossing, finishing 13th at the box office.<ref name="opening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/rogue-one-hidden-figures-underworld-blood-wars-weekend-box-office-1201879773/ |title='Rogue One' Doesn't Want To Fall To 'Hidden Figures' As Winter Storm Helena Closes Theaters |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=9 January 2017 }}</ref> In its second weekend of wide release, the film grossed $537,262 (a drop of 74.2%), and in its third week, it made just $19,080 (a drop of 96.4%) after being pulled from all but 42 theaters, one of the biggest third week theater drops in history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Uni/Blumhouse's 'Split' Is A Hit With High $39M To $40M+; 'Xander Cage' Falls Down|date=23 January 2017 |url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/split-xxx-return-of-xander-cage-the-founder-late-night-thursday-previews-box-office-1201889940/}}</ref><ref name="theaters">{{cite web|title=Biggest Theater Drops|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/theaterdrops.htm |work=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

===Critical response===
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 86% of 266 critics' reviews; the site's "critics consensus" reads: "''A Monster Calls'' deftly balances dark themes and fantastical elements to deliver an engrossing and uncommonly moving entry in the crowded coming-of-age genre."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_monster_calls/ |title=''A Monster Calls'' (2016) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[weighted average]] score of 76 out of 100 based on reviews from 40 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-monster-calls |title=''A Monster Calls'' Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CinemaScore/status/817625664748744704 |title=''A Monster Calls'' |author=[[CinemaScore]] |via= [[Twitter]] |date=6 January 2017 |access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
! colspan="6" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | List of awards and nominations
|-
! Award
! Date of ceremony
! Category
! Recipient(s)
! Result
! class="unsortable"| {{nowrap|{{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[AARP|AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| 6 February 2017
| Best Supporting Actress
| [[Sigourney Weaver]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-aarp-nominations-movies-grownups-awards-956675/item/best-picture-956668 |title=Denzel Washington's 'Fences' Leads Nominations for AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards |first=Abid |last=Rahman |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=15 December 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Best Intergenerational Film
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Camerimage]]
| 19 November 2016
| Golden Frog Award for Best Cinematography
| [[Óscar Faura]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="Camerimage">{{cite web |url=http://www.camerimage.pl/en/Camerimage-2016-Main-Competition-Line-Up-1.html |title=Camerimage 2016 Main Competition Line-up! |work=[[Camerimage]] |date=24 October 2016 |access-date=11 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029145227/http://camerimage.pl/en/Camerimage-2016-Main-Competition-Line-Up-1.html |archive-date=29 October 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards|Critics' Choice Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[22nd Critics' Choice Awards|11 December 2016]]
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer|Best Young Performer]]
| [[Lewis MacDougall]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|title=La La Land Leads with 12 Nominations for the 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards |url=http://www.criticschoice.com/critics-choice-awards |website=criticschoice.com |publisher=Critics' Choice |date=1 December 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Detroit Film Critics Society]]
| 19 December 2016
| [[Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Felicity Jones]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="DetroitCritics">{{cite web|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2016/12/14/moonlight-manchester-among-dfcs-best/95451014/ |title=Local critics: 'Moonlight', 'Manchester' best of 2016 |first=Adam |last=Graham |work=[[The Detroit News]] |date=14 December 2016|access-date=15 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Empire Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[22nd Empire Awards|19 March 2017]]
| [[Empire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy|Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy]]
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2"| <ref name="EmpireAwards">{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/three-empire-awards-2017-rogue-one-tom-hiddleston-patrick-stewart-win-big/ |title=Three Empire Awards 2017: Rogue One, Tom Hiddleston And Patrick Stewart Win Big |last=Nugent |first=John |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |language=en |date=19 March 2017 |access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer|Best Male Newcomer]]
| Lewis MacDougall
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]]
| 8 December 2016
| Breakthrough of the Year
| Lewis MacDougall
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/evening-standard-british-film-awards-the-longlist-a3398101.html |title=Evening Standard British Film Awards - The Longlist |newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]] |first=William |last=Moore |date=17 November 2016 |access-date=29 November 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="10"| [[Gaudí Awards]]
| rowspan="10"| [[9th Gaudí Awards|29 January 2017]]
| Best Non-Catalan Language Film
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{won}}
| rowspan = "10" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/lista-ganadores-premios-gaudi-2017-37040/|website=Ecartelera|date=30 January 2017|title=Lista de ganadores de los Premios Gaudí 2017|first=Amanda|last=Gil Conesa}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| [[J. A. Bayona]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Production Supervision
| [[Sandra Hermida Muñiz|Sandra Hermida]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Art Direction
| [[Eugenio Caballero]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Editing
| Jaume Martí and [[Bernat Vilaplana]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Original Music 
| [[Fernando Velázquez (composer)|Fernando Velázquez]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Cinematography
| [[Oscar Faura]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Costume Design
| Steven Noble
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Sound
| [[Oriol Tarragó]], [[Peter Glossop (sound engineer)|Peter Glossop]], Marc Orts 
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Visual Effects
| Félix Bergés, Pau Costa, David Martí, Montse Ribé
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Rotten Tomatoes|Golden Tomato Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| 12 January 2017
| Best British Movie 2016
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Tomato Awards - Best of 2016|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/golden-tomato-awards-2016/|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=12 January 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Best Kids/Family Movie 2016
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
| rowspan="12"| [[Goya Awards]]
| rowspan="12"| [[31st Goya Awards|4 February 2017]]
| [[Goya Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="12"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/juan-antonio-bayonas-a-monster-calls-leads-goya-award-nominations-956136 |title=Juan Antonio Bayona's 'A Monster Calls' Leads Goya Award Nominations |first=Pamela |last=Rolfe |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=14 December 2016 |access-date=16 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Goya Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| J. A. Bayona
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Sigourney Weaver
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| [[Patrick Ness]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Goya Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Fernando Velázquez (composer)|Fernando Velázquez]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Goya Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Óscar Faura
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Editing
| Jaume Martí and Bernat Vilaplana
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Production Supervision
| Sandra Hermida Muniz
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Art Direction
| Eugenio Caballero
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Makeup and Hairstyles
| Marese Langan and [[David Martí]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Sound
| Peter Glossop, Marc Orts and Oriol Tarragó
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Special Effects
| Felix Bergés and Pau Costa
| {{won}}
|-
| [[London Film Critics' Circle]]
| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2016|22 January 2017]]
| Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
| Lewis MacDougall
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/awards/moonlight-love-and-friendship-lead-london-film-critics-circle-nominations-1201945718/ |title='Moonlight' and 'Love and Friendship' Lead London Film Critics' Circle Nominations |date=20 December 2016 |magazine=Variety |access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[Premios Feroz]]
| rowspan="7"| [[IV Premios Feroz|23 January 2017]]
| Best Drama Film
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.es/2017/01/23/ganadores-premios-feroz-2017_n_14339464.html |title=La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2017 |publisher=El Huffinton Post |date=23 January 2017 |language=es |access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| J. A. Bayona
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| Patrick Ness
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Main Actor
| Lewis MacDougall
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Original Soundtrack
| Fernando Velázquez
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Trailer
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Film Poster
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society]]
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2016|12 December 2016]]
| Best Visual Effects
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="SDiegoNom">{{cite web |url=http://www.sdfcs.org/san-diego-film-critics-society-nominations-2016/ |title=2016 San Diego Film Critics Society's Award Nominations |date=9 December 2016 |access-date=9 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221165923/http://www.sdfcs.org/san-diego-film-critics-society-nominations-2016/ |archive-date=21 December 2016 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref name="SDiegoWin">{{cite web |url=http://www.sdfcs.org/2016-award-winners/ |title=San Diego Film Critics Society's 2016 Award Winners |date=12 December 2016 |access-date=12 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220225316/http://www.sdfcs.org/2016-award-winners/ |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Saturn Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[43rd Saturn Awards|28 June 2017]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film|Best Fantasy Film]]
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2"| <ref name="SaturnAwards">{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/saturn-awards-nominations-2017-rogue-one-walking-dead-1202000833/ |title=Saturn Awards Nominations 2017: 'Rogue One,' 'Walking Dead' Lead |last=McNary |first=Dave |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=2 March 2017 |access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor|Best Performance by a Younger Actor]]
| Lewis MacDougall
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association]]
| [[St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2016|18 December 2016]]
| Best Visual Effects
| ''A Monster Calls''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stlfilmcritics.org/awards |title=2016 StLFCA Annual Award Nominations |publisher=[[St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association]] |date=12 December 2016 |access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2016|5 December 2016]]
| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Youth Performance]]
| Lewis MacDougall
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wafca.com/awards/ |title=The 2016 WAFCA Awards Nominations |date=3 December 2016 |access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| Patrick Ness
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Voice Performance
| rowspan="2"| [[Liam Neeson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Motion Capture Performance
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

==See also==
* ''[[I Kill Giants (film)|I Kill Giants]]''

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title}}
* {{Metacritic film}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|a_monster_calls}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110192746/http://focusfeaturesguilds2016.com/workspace//uploads/screenplay/a-monster-calls-awards-2016-final.pdf Official screenplay]

{{Juan Antonio Bayona}}
{{Patrick Ness}}
{{Empire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy}}

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