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Monster's Ball

Genres
Drama
Romance
Rating
6.8
Status
Released
Release Date2001-12-26
Runtime113 min
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Budget$4,000,000
Revenue$44,900,000
IMDbView on IMDb

Overview

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

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

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Cast & Crew

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Billy Bob Thornton

as Hank Grotowski

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Heath Ledger

as Sonny Grotowski

poster

Halle Berry

as Leticia Musgrove

poster

Sean Combs

as Lawrence Musgrove

poster

Yasiin Bey

as Ryrus Cooper

poster

Will Rokos

as Warden Velesco

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Milo Addica

as Tommy Roulaine

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Coronji Calhoun

as Tyrell Musgrove

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Peter Boyle

as Buck Grotowski

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Taylor Simpson

as Lucille

Reviews

2
W

Wuchak

Oct 21, 2018

6/10

***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' Co…

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W

Wuchak

Oct 23, 2018

6/10

***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' Co…

Full review

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