A Monster Calls Movie Quotes

A Monster Calls movie quotes help tell the story in the film about a boy who seeks comfort in a tree monster after his mother falls terminally ill. The fantasy drama was adapted into a screenplay by Patrick Ness based on his book of the same name. Directed by J. A. Bayona, A Monster Calls opened in theaters in the United States on December 23, 2016.

In A Monster Calls, Conor (Lewis MacDougall) is having a hard time with life. The boy deals with bullies at school plus problems at home, with mother Lizzie (Felicity Jones) sick with a terminal illness. Conor is sent to live with his strict grandmother (Sigourney Weaver) and his absent father (Toby Kebbell) tries to comfort the boy, but neither relationship really help.

To cope, Conor turns to something he and Lizzie cherish, his artwork. Conor draws a tree who comes to life as a monster. Much to Conor's surprise, a yew tree actually comes to life but instead of being a monster, the tree serves as comfort to him and helps him deal with the stresses of his young life.

A Monster Calls movie quotes provide the dialogue to the film just as other quotes do for their respective films including Passengers, Sing, Solace, and A Kind of Murder.  

Dad: I'm sorry that you have to face this but you have to be brave. Do you understand?

Conor's estranged father tries to comfort Conor while his mother is terminally ill. Considering they don't have a close relationship, this A Monster Calls movie quote falls on deaf ears.

Lizzie: It's okay that you're angry. I'm angry too, and if you need to break things, by god you break them. I wish I had 100 years, 100 years I could give to you.

In speaking to Conor, Lizzie understands his anger and wishes that she had more time with him. As she notes in this A Monster Calls movie quote, he will need a way to deal with his feelings and urges him to do whatever he needs to do to get to that end.

Conor: I'm afraid. 
Monster: Of course you are afraid, but you will make it through for this is why you called me. Come on.

The Monster isn't just some random tree that came to life and made friends with Conor. It was Conor who called the Monster for help, and help is exactly what he's there to give.

Monster: What shall I destroy next?
Conor: Break the windows!
Monster: Break them yourself. 

The Monster urges Conor to suggest the next thing for the Monster to break, and then encourages Conor to break things himself. You might say the Monster is a bad influence, but something breaking things like windows is therapeutic. 

Grandma: You're coming to live with me. Don't touch anything. 

When Conor's mother comes down with a terminal illness, he is sent to live with his less-than-nice grandmother. Her rules are strict and she makes them clear, including in this A Monster Calls movie quote.

Monster: There was once an invisible man who was growing tired of being not seen. It was not that he was actually invisible. It was just that people had become used to not seeing him. One day the invisible man couldn't stand it anymore. He kept wondering, "if no one sees you, are you really there at all?"
Conor: How does the story begin?
Monster: With a boy too old to be a kid, too young to be a man.
Conor: What did he do?
Monster: He called for a monster.

The Monster explains the story of an invisible boy to Conor and how the boy overcame what was bothering him. Spoiler: The Monster is telling a story about Conor. 

Monster: I know everything about you, the truth that you hide, the truth you dream.

The Monster explains to Conor that he knows all about the boy, including the things he doesn't tell anyone else in the world. Conor created the Monster, so really, the Monster knows everything Conor knows.

Lizzie: What color is that?
Conor: Brown
Lizzie: Yeah! Maybe if we take a pencil and then we make a face, and then we see the life in the eyes. Life is always in the eyes. There's our monster!

Conor's love for art started when he was very young as taught to him by his mother, Lizzie. As she shows him in these A Monster Calls movie quotes, it takes a face with some eyes to bring art to life.