«I was thrilled with what I was able to keep in, which was the emotional core of the story,» he says. (tvguide.com)
Although A Monster Calls has elements of fantasy and adventure, the real core of the story is Conor's attempts to cope with the kind of outsized emotions that even adults are ill - equipped to handle: love, loss, and grief. (slashfilm.com)
Flayed as a «troublemaker», Andy Barclay (Justin Whalin) is the emotionally atrophied core of the story and adult figures simply aren't amenable to his plight about «killer dolls». (rottentomatoes.com)