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Monster's Ball

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Monster's Ball
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R,1hr 51min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Released:
November 11, 2001
Director:
Marc Forster
Distributor:
Lions Gate Films Inc.
Starring:
Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry  ...more
Synopsis: Director Marc Forster, winner of Best Feature at Slamdance for his debut film Loungers (1996) and the "Someone to Watch" Independent Spirit Award for his indie drama Everything Put Together (2000), follows up those acclaimed projects with this intense, racially charged romance. Billy Bob Thornton stars as Georgia prison guard Hank Grotowski, a hard-drinking racist ex-cop whose father, Buck (Peter Boyle), is dying of emphysema and whose son, Sonny (Heath Ledger), works the execution detail at the ... Full Synopsis
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Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
As for myself, as Leticia rejoined Hank in the last shot of the movie, I was thinking about her as deeply and urgently as about any movie character I can remember. Full Review
Metascore
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69
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Based on 32 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Billy Bob Thornton
Hank Grotowski
Heath Ledger
Sonny Grotowski
Halle Berry
Leticia Musgrove, Letitia Musgrove
Peter Boyle
Buck Grotowski
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