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Feb 1, 2002 · Reviews. Monster's Ball. Roger Ebert February 01, 2002. Tweet. May contain spoilers. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "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.
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.
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Monster's Ball. 85% Tomatometer 142 Reviews 67% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings Hank, an embittered racist prison guard working on death row, begins an unlikely, emotionally charged sexual ...
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Dec 26, 2001 · Monster's Ball is just an average film with excellent performances. While the acting can cover up many of its blemishes, the film crumbles into nothing but a safe Hollywood romance between two very different people who decide to solve racism together.
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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...
548 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 9/10. Halle Berry's shining moment. FlickJunkie-2 27 July 2002. Independent filmmaking is alive and well and evident in Monster's Ball. This film had a minuscule $4 million budget, a terrific script and a director not afraid to take some risks.
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.
