Monster's Ball (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 4, 2008
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Halle Berry & Billy Bob Thornton | |
Performer: | Heath Ledger & Peter Boyle | |
Featured: | Mos Def | |
Directed by | Marc Forster | |
Screenwriting by | Milo Addica & Will Rokos | |
Director of Photography: | Roberto Schaefer | |
Executive Production by | Michael Paseornek |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 2001 -
Best Actress: Halle Berry
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4.5/5 --
Thornton and Berry show us what acting is in this movie.
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Film Quips Online
Rating: 4/5 --
Forster's poised direction, as well as powerful turns from Billy Bob Thornton and the Oscar-winning Halle Berry, make this compelling viewing.
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Empire Magazine
...The actors make it unique and unforgettable....You can't take your eyes off them...
Rolling Stone
Rating: 2.5/4 --
A serious movie made by seriously talented people, and I never quite came 'round to it.
Chicago Tribune
Rating: 4.5/5 --
[Forster] tells his story with directness and simplicity and without the high hallmarks of the soaps' gooey emotional lubrication.
Washington Post
...[Thornton] gives the best performance of his career in MONSTER'S BALL....This is a fearless, brutally honest performance, etched with shadings and remarkable subtlety...
Movieline's Hollywood Life
...Written with the complexity of great fiction, avoiding obligatory scenes, cutting straight to the heart....The best film of 2001...
Chicago Sun-Times
Product Description:
Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski (Heath Ledger) administer the execution of a black death-row inmate Lawrence Musgrove (Sean Combs), who leaves behind a wife, Leticia (Halle Berry), and son, Tyrell (Coronji Calhoun). When both Hank and Leticia's children subsequently die, the two grieving parents are accidentally thrust together, where they begin to find comfort and eventually a form of redemption.
Employing a languid pace and minimalist dialogue, MONSTER'S BALL slowly moves forward on the strength of the cast's performances (including a supporting turn from Peter Boyle as Hank's ailing racist father, Buck) and Marc Forster's understated direction. The complex characters are allowed to develop gradually over the course of the entire movie, making the film a richly satisfying character study rather than a quick, plot-driven confection.
Employing a languid pace and minimalist dialogue, MONSTER'S BALL slowly moves forward on the strength of the cast's performances (including a supporting turn from Peter Boyle as Hank's ailing racist father, Buck) and Marc Forster's understated direction. The complex characters are allowed to develop gradually over the course of the entire movie, making the film a richly satisfying character study rather than a quick, plot-driven confection.
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- UPC: 031398216742
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