This is a healing film with fantasy from the perspective of a child, telling people how to learn to get along with others and, more importantly, how to live with themselves in the form of dark fairy tales.
The little boy Connor was young, but troubled a lot. Bullied by classmates at school during the day, plagued by nightmares at night, divorced by his parents, Connor and his mother were dependent on each other, but now his mother was seriously ill and was about to die, which made him feel very afraid, grandma came to take care of their mother and son, but Connor and grandma did not get along very well. While Connor is suffering, a huge monster appears, and three stories are exchanged for a true story of Connor. Connor was reluctant at first, thinking about how to get rid of his grandmother and make his mother better.
The first story of the monster tells Connor that there is no clear line between good and bad. The world is difficult, the people's hearts are complicated, and the seemingly fierce grandmother is actually full of love for her daughter, and Connor slowly discovers the kindness of her grandmother, and also learns to live in harmony with her grandmother and protect her dear mother. The second story speaks of the importance of faith. Faith is half the cure. When the medicine man in the fairy tale is punished for betraying his faith, the troubled little boy Connor begins to face up to his mother's illness and tries to learn to say goodbye to his loved ones. The third story teaches Connor bravery, and Connor, who is isolated among his classmates, finally decides to stop being invisible and rise up against it.
The monster in the film looks like a vicious face, but in fact it looks like Connor's life mentor, helping Connor out of the predicament and driving out the demons. Repeated nightmares are the real situation that Connor must face, this is a compulsory course for growth, the film uses the fantasy fairy tales that children are happy to accept to educate Connor to be strong and independent and brave, to stimulate the fear and potential in people's hearts, to escape and not to solve the problem, only by facing the problem and facing the heart, will we get the light and break free from the predicament. In fact, this is not only to enlighten children, but also the adult world is not like this? Getting along with each other, saying goodbye and growing up, is also a major issue on the long road of life.
The excellence of the film is that the fairy tale does not concentrate on weaving a pure and beautiful paradise, but connects the dark fairy tale with real life, and the healing effect is outstanding and the enlightenment significance is obvious.
Text/Morning of Mu Guang