D: J.A. Bayona (The Impossible, The Orphanage).
S: Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Lewis MacDougall, Geraldine Chaplin, Liam Neeson.
Who would have guessed a fantasy film, involving Liam Neeson as a giant speaking tree, would make grown men cry? (I didn’t of course.)
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/a-monster-calls.html