Something went wrong
Try again later.
Monsters Ball
The powerful effect of love comes to play, when the unlikely happens between a prison guard and the wife of the prisoner he has just executed.
December 19, 1981 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA
13 November 1958, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
1991
27 September 1957, Augusta, Georgia, USA
30 September 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
14 August 1966, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
December 25, 2006
Though marred by script that telegraphs its messages, this drama still manages to tell a compelling love story betweenn a redneck guard and a black widow, well played by Billy Bob Thronton and particularly Halle Berre, who should get Oscar nomination
March 02, 2003
Forster's poised direction, as well as powerful turns from Billy Bob Thornton and the Oscar-winning Halle Berry, make this compelling viewing.
February 10, 2002
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.
January 29, 2003
Halle Berry turns in an amazing performance.
December 26, 2010
This brutal movie is for adults only.
February 08, 2003
Thornton and Berry show us what acting is in this movie.
July 20, 2002
A serious movie made by seriously talented people, and I never quite came 'round to it.
December 06, 2004
Forster makes us too intimate with these characters. But, heavy-handed and derivative as it is, its lead actors strike some resonant chords....
February 08, 2002
Though the film can initially seem off-putting, Monster's Ball slowly and quietly gets under your skin.
March 04, 2002
A textbook example of fearless filmmaking, exhibiting a brand of gritty realism that's hard to watch but impossible to ignore.
November 06, 2002
It's not a polemic on the death penalty, race relations or family dynamics. It's a character study that really sticks with you.
February 16, 2002
[Forster] tells his story with directness and simplicity and without the high hallmarks of the soaps' gooey emotional lubrication.