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Monster's Ball( 2001)

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A lifetime of change can happen in a single moment.

Overview

A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Billy Bob Thornton

      Hank Grotowski

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      Heath Ledger

      Sonny Grotowski

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      Halle Berry

      Leticia Musgrove

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      Sean Combs

      Lawrence Musgrove

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      Yasiin Bey

      Ryrus Cooper

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      Will Rokos

      Warden Velesco

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      Milo Addica

      Tommy Roulaine

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      Coronji Calhoun

      Tyrell Musgrove

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      Peter Boyle

      Buck Grotowski

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      Taylor Simpson

      Lucille

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      Gabrielle Witcher

      Betty

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      Amber Rules

      Vera

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      Charles Cowan Jr.

      Willie Cooper

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      Taylor LaGrange

      Darryl Cooper

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      Anthony Bean

      Dappa Smith

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      Francine Segal

      Georgia Ann Paynes

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      John McConnell

      Harvey Shoonmaker

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      Marcus Lyle Brown

      Phil Huggins

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      Leah Loftin

      Booter

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      Larry Lee

      Co #1

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      Troy Poret

      Co #2

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      Paul Smith

      Co #3

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      Marshall Cain

      Correction Officer

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      Anthony Michael Frederick

      Billy

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      John Wilmot

      Minister

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      Dennis Clements

      Clements

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      Stephanie Claire

      Nurse

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      James Haven

      Hospital Guard

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      Ritchie Montgomery

      Detective

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      Clara Hopkins Daniels

      Maggie Cooper

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      Carol Sutton

      Ms. Guillermo

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      Bernard Johnson

      Deputy Jones

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    Review 2Discussion

    A review by Wuchak

    6
    Written by Wuchak on Sun Oct 21 2018
    ***Powerful message in a melancholic drama bogged down by un-real contrivances and other issues*** A father and son (Billy Bob Thornton and Heath Ledger) are correctional officers in Louisiana who live with their father, a former corrections officer and hateful racist (Peter Boyle). After overseeing the execution of a black man (Sean 'Diddy' Combs) a couple of tragedies compel the father, Hank (Thornton), to meet the struggling ex-wife of the executed man (Halle Berry). The cast, locations, score and directing are all excellent. The problem is the contrived script, which tends to focus o...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    4000000.00

    Revenue

    44900000.00

    Keywords

    • new love
    • ethnic stereotype
    • waitress
    • unsociability
    • overweight child
    • parent child relationship
    • southern usa
    • loss of loved one
    • interracial relationship
    • electric chair
    • xenophobia
    • shocking
    • angry
    • dramatic
    • authoritarian
    • callous
    • cruel
    • disapproving
    • enraged
    • foreboding