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Feb 1, 2002 · "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. But their pain remains separate and so do they; this is not a message movie about interracial relationships, but the specific story of two desperate people whose lives are shaken by violent deaths, and how in the days right ...
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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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- Marc Forster
- R
- Halle Berry
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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- 2 min
- Marc Forster
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.
- Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger
- Marc Forster
- Lionsgate
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 the ...
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.
The film received positive reviews, with critical acclaim directed at Berry's, Ledger's and Thornton's performances, Forster's direction, and Addica and Rokos' screenplay. It was also a significant commercial success, grossing $45 million worldwide on a production budget of $4 million.
