Fresh
It's not a polemic on the death penalty, race relations or family dynamics. It's a character study that really sticks with you.
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Monster's Ball
A lifetime of change can happen in a single moment.
2001 · 1h 53m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Marc Forster
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Monster's Ball
Overview
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
Director and cast
- Marc Forster Director
- Billy Bob Thornton as Hank Grotowski
- Heath Ledger as Sonny Grotowski
- Halle Berry as Leticia Musgrove
- Sean Combs as Lawrence Musgrove
- Yasiin Bey as Ryrus Cooper
- Will Rokos as Warden Velesco
- Milo Addica as Tommy Roulaine
- Coronji Calhoun as Tyrell Musgrove
- Peter Boyle as Buck Grotowski
- Taylor Simpson as Lucille
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A serious movie made by seriously talented people, and I never quite came 'round to it.
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
A textbook example of fearless filmmaking, exhibiting a brand of gritty realism that's hard to watch but impossible to ignore.
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
Fresh
[Forster] tells his story with directness and simplicity and without the high hallmarks of the soaps' gooey emotional lubrication.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Fresh
A powerful and poignant motion picture not about racism and redemption, as one might initially suppose, but about one of the most urgent and universal of human needs -- that of finding solace for pain and loneliness.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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