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Feb 1, 2002 · Monster’s Ball. 111 minutes ‧ R ‧ 2002. Roger Ebert. February 1, 2002. 5 min read. “Monster’s Ball” is about a black woman and a white man who find, for a time anyway, solace in each other for their pain.
Hank, an embittered racist prison guard working on death row, begins an unlikely, emotionally charged sexual relationship with Leticia, a Black woman and wife of a man sentenced to death. The ...
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Monster's Ball: Directed by Marc Forster. With Billy Bob Thornton, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher, Heath Ledger. After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard re-examines his attitudes while falling in love with the African-American wife of the last prisoner he executed.
In MONSTER'S BALL, prison guard Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) clings to his hatred and racism as a way of distancing himself from his loneliness and misery. He throws two black boys off his property, even though they are friends of his son's.
Nov 11, 2018 · On Nov. 11, 2001, Lionsgate premiered drama Monster’s Ball at the AFI Festival. The film went on to earn an Oscar at the 74th Academy Awards in the best actress category for Halle Berry’s ...
Dec 26, 2001 · National Board of Review, USA. • 3 Wins & 3 Nominations. A hard-hitting Southern drama tempered by a story of powerful, life-changing love. It is the story of Hank (Thornton), an embittered prison guard working on Death Row in rural Georgia.
Monster's Ball Reviews. Leticia and Hank come together in their grief, and when they do - when, in particular, they seek some kind of punishment and absolution in sex - it makes for one of...
