A Monster Calls (2016)

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A Monster Calls (2016)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low

Viewer Rating
7.7

Overview

12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.


Starring Cast


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The film is rated as neutral because its central focus is on the universal, apolitical themes of a child's struggle with grief and loss, championing an internal, psychological solution of emotional processing and acceptance rather than engaging with political ideologies.

The movie features a predominantly white main cast without explicit race or gender swaps of traditional roles. Its narrative centers on universal themes of grief and acceptance, without critiquing or explicitly focusing on traditional identities or specific DEI themes.

Secondary

The film "A Monster Calls" focuses on a young boy coping with his mother's terminal illness through a fantastical monster. There are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in the narrative, resulting in no depiction to evaluate.

A Monster Calls does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses entirely on a young boy's emotional journey through loss and grief, without touching upon gender identity.

The film focuses on a young boy's emotional journey and his interactions with a fantastical monster. There are no scenes depicting female characters engaging in or winning direct physical combat against male opponents. The narrative does not include action sequences of this nature.

The film is a direct adaptation of the novel, and all major characters, including the titular Monster, maintain their established genders from the source material. No character's gender was altered from the book to the screen.

The film "A Monster Calls" is an adaptation of a novel. All main characters, including Conor O'Malley and his family, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their depiction or implication in the original source material. No instances of a character canonically established as one race being portrayed as a different race were identified.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.4
The Movie Database logo
7.3

Critic Ratings

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8.6
Metacritic logo
7.6

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