Monster's Ball

2001 • 111 minutos

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MONSTER'S BALL is a hard-hitting Southern drama tempered by a story of powerful life-changing love. It is the story of Hank (Academy Award winner ®, Billy Bob Thornton), an embittered prison guard working on Death Row who begins an unlikely but emotionally charged affair with Leticia (Academy Award winner ®, Halle Berry), the wife of a man under his watch on The Row.

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This is an excellent movie with a great script and fantastic acting all around. I know the deep south, especially Georgia, and I can tell you that this was an authentic portrayal of the norm in that type of community. It was so real and well crafted. The late great actor, Heath Ledger really showed his awesome acting chops. Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton did not disappoint. This was an awesome script and wonderfully directed. There was not one boring scene in this movie. I love these story driven movies capturing the deep south without exaggeration while remaining entertaining. It was well done, indeed!

In spite of the extremely graphic sex scene, it's amazing the kind of events, that cause some folks to think seriously about their racial bias, in order to over come it.Billy Bob's portrayal of a racist prison guard (from a racist family) was spot on, but what happened to snap him out of it was truly a twist of fate, with a sharp slap upside the head for added measure. Hope I get the chance to see the Director's cut for comparison one day.

Yes,loved this movie,two people going threw some bad life experiences find each other and make life livable again.very good acting by all.Ms.Berry plays a young black women with sons father on death roll for 11 years is electrocuted.She seems to be in denial until the end.,Thornton raised by a racist father is a guard in prison that prepares men for execution.