Synopsis
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
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Cast
- Billy Bob ThorntonHank Grotowski
- Heath LedgerSonny Grotowski
- Halle BerryLeticia Musgrove
- Sean CombsLawrence Musgrove
- Yasiin BeyRyrus Cooper
- Will RokosWarden Velesco
- Milo AddicaTommy Roulaine
- Coronji CalhounTyrell Musgrove
- Peter BoyleBuck Grotowski
- Taylor SimpsonLucille
Recommendations
- 90
Rolling Stone
The actors make it unique and unforgettable. - 90
The New York Times
The raw intimacy of some of the scenes -- whether they take place at a diner, in the death house or in the bedroom -- is breathtaking. - 88
New York Post
Packs a dramatic wallop that makes it one of the year's best movies. - 80
Variety
Burning with a quiet intensity, Monster's Ball is bolstered by a poetic, intelligent sensibility not seen in an American film since Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line." - 75
Boston Globe
The kind of film that could easily be undone by its own high-minded ambitions and dissolve in a pall of uplift. But it stays the course and gives the season two of its notable performances. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Dark and beautifully directed melodrama about the strange intersection of racism and emotional need. - 75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
For all its darkness and tragedy, Monster's Ball is a film that wants to be liked and Forster stumbles over his good intentions to win the audience over. - 70
Wall Street Journal
Halle Berry is something else as Leticia Musgrove, the widow of an inmate who's just been executed by Hank and his crew, and that something else is commandingly passionate.
