A bitter-sweet tale from start to finish, this film is all about breaking generational cycles of learned behaviour. The film has a very raw honesty about it and the emotions go from each extreme, from no feeling to intense feeling and is a most extroidinary tale of love and lost...( read more)
I'm not sure why I put off seeing this for so long. Maybe it was because all anyone ever talked about were the steamy love scenes between Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton (?). Maybe Stephanie Zacharek's negative review put me off (?). Whatever the reason, I'm happy to admit ...( read more)
i wanted to see it because of heath ledger
(heartbreaking scene of heath)
plus i had heard good things but that was a bad movie
so like in the end the bad parents live?
yeah it's realistic but i mean halle berry or billy bob
should have died in the end
Marc Forster is terrific with drama and he directs this one very well. The story has a concept that we've seen a lot, but we've never seen it with this kind of story. I love the characters. They've all got a sense of sorrow and innocence that makes you feel sorry for them. The ac...( read more)
Halle Berry's incredible Oscar winning performance is a huge boost to this film. It is certainly not a cheery "feel good" film, but it is a powerful and heart wrenching story. The rest of the cast is great as well.
after all . it's a blessing that you have the strength to move on and leave the past far behind
I thought this movie was extremely good and very raw. It tells a story about Hank who together with his son work at a prison, they've lived in a racist home their entire lives. They prepare the execution of a black man and after the execution Hank falls in love with the black wid...( read more)
Eh, it was OKAY. I guess what I didn't like was yes, she had a hard and tragic life, but every time she turned around Thorton was there to rescue her. It seemed very unrealistic to me. But hey, I'm only talking from my own experiences.
Seems to me hollywood is still reall...( read more)
Frankenstein?s testicle. Joking, this is a very entertaining film, brilliantly played by Billy Bob Thornton.
While this movie had the chance to be a great kind of dramatic story about people. It just turned out wrong. Ledgers performance wasn't really necessary at all. They just didn't build his character enough for you to really grow attached to him. Combs was just shy of giving an emo...( read more)
This movie was good, but idk.. just left me with a dumb look on my face..
Only liked it for the nude scene of Halle."NICE".
THE LOVE SEEN WITH THAT OLD WRINKLED DUDE. DAMN SHE'S HOT.
Such a strong, powerful film, Monsters Ball is the best film of 2001. Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton have so much chemistery in this film and Hally Berry does a terrific job here and rightfully won an Oscar.
TAGLINEA lifetime of change can happen in a single moment.Extraordinary story! This film deals with so much: racism, death, an interracial relationship, pain, and unexpected love. Halle Berry & Billy Bob Th...( read more)
Monster's Ball is one of the most realistic dramas to come out in the past 10 years. The performances were top-notch. It attacked racism in a tactful way so as to not drown the viewers with a propagandized agenda.
Film étrange, les évènements horribles ont l'air de s'enchainer dans le seul but de choquer.. Halle Berry en fait trop mais Billy Bob Thornton est juste dans son interprétation.
Depressing! Good movie, but horribly depressing. I don't think I ever want to see it again, and had difficulty sitting through it...
Didn't see much point to this movie. Sure, it paints out human emotions some, but I didn't think it showed much that I didn't already understand. At one point in the movie, I was just fed up with all the drama.
Frighteningly realistic tragedy piece that stays so grounded in reality that it's nearly impossible to watch at times. The film is effective!
hmmm its been awhile, let me see what i can remember.. Heath kills himself.... OH HALLE'S BOOBS!!!! well thats worth a couple stars!
Given the deliberate scarcity of action and dialogue, the actors are forced to rely heavily upon their interior lives, and more than deliver the goods.The acting is so good in Monster's Ball, and the understated but intense mood so skillfully maintained, that we tend to overlook ...( read more)
no wonder divorces and break-ups insued after this movie...woo, the sex scene was way to realistic
It's really not for everyone, it was acted well but what happens in it makes me not a huge fan.
An interesting and intelligent film about disparate characters finding each other during a time of crisis. Recommended.
Can watch story...Good performance from Halley Berry with highlighted sex scene!
Monster's Ball is artful and solemn, magnanimous and atmospheric. It's inlaid with wordless scenes accumulated to produce a mosaic of meaningfulness about life in the American South and the possibility of redemption through love. Its message is conveyed effectively and relentless...( read more)
