Monster's Ball
Billy Bob Thornton, Coronji Calhoun, Dante Beze
Hank, an embittered prison guard, lives with his aging racist father, Buck, and his own twenty something son, Sonny. Hank and Sonny work for the local prison where they are preparing the electric chai...( read more
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DVD Released: June 11, 2002
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April 8, 2009"A lifetime of change can happen in a single moment."
After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard reexamines his attitudes while falling in love with the African American wife of the last prisoner he executed.
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March 2, 2009An average drama which was well written and well acted. The set left a bit to be desired as it seemed the film wasn't sure where the story was happening (Louisiana or Georgia). Thorton, Ledger and Boyle were excellent in their respective roles, and though Berry was the best I'... ...( read more )
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September 27, 2008"I've always believed that a portrait captures a person far better than a photograph. It truly takes a human being to really see a human being."
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Simply put, Monster's Ball is one hell of an outstanding movie. Marc Forster's direction is first-rate, the script ... -
June 27, 2008Two stars just for Halle Berry's boobs and P Diddy getting executed. The rest is corny tv melodrama.
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June 14, 2008A series of (perhaps overly contrived) tragic events bring together an ex-corrections officer and the widow of a man he had a hand in executing in a thoughtful and well-written drama of finding redemption in breaking with the destructive influences of the past. Billy Bob Thornton... ...( read more )
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June 23, 2009hmmm its been awhile, let me see what i can remember.. Heath kills himself.... OH HALLE'S BOOBS!!!! well thats worth a couple stars!
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February 8, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
February 1, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie has the complexity of great fiction, and requires our empathy as we interpret the decisions that are made. full review
January 4, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
It's less than half a fine movie. The great surprise is that its actors come through in the clutch. full review
December 26, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
This is one of those rare movies in which even people glimpsed only for a moment or two seem to have lives that ramify beyond the screen, as if the story were being witnessed rather than dramatized. full review
December 21, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The actors make it unique and unforgettable. full review
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March 2, 2007The title comes from a custom in medieval England where prisoners awaiting execution were called monsters. The night before their execution, their jailers would hold a feast known as a monster's ball as their final farewell. For those who don't know what monster's ball is.
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June 21, 2006Good thing Halle Berry had a super hot sex scene or this movie would not be worth seeing but because of it I've seen the movie a thousand times!!
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