| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Karina Montgomery |
| Initially, I had zero interest in seeing this film, no idea what it
was about, but then I remembered Billy Bob Thornton is in it. Then
it got a zillion nominations so I had to see it. The last three
roles I have seen Thornton in, The Man Who Wasn't...more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3/4) |
| Directed by Marc Forster. Screenplay by Milo Addica and Will Rokos.
Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Peter Boyle. Running time: 110
minutes. Rated R for graphic sexual content. Reviewed on April 20th, 2002. more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 4/4) |
| As much as I love some of Spike Lee's blunt attacks on racism in contemporary
America, I do prefer the more implied notions of race in films like Carl
Franklin's "One False Move" or John Sayles's "Lone Star" and "Passion Fish."
"Monster's Ball" is...more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott |
| Monster's Ball (2001)
Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Peter Boyle, Heath Ledger, Sean Combs,
Coronji Calhoun. Screenplay by Milo Addica & Will Rokos. Directed by
Marc Forster. 111 minutes.
Rated R more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 9/10) |
| CAPSULE: In a small rural Georgia town a white racist
and a black woman form a tender and tenuous relationship
after each suffers an unexpected loss. The story does
not avoid cliches, but the characterizations haunt the
viewer...more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: A) |
| MONSTER'S BALL (director: Marc Forster; screenwriters: Milo Addica/Will Rokos;
cinematographer: Roberto Schaefer; editor: Matt Chesse; cast: Billy Bob Thornton
(Hank Grotowski), Halle Berry (Leticia Musgrove), Heath Ledger (Sonny
Grotowski), Peter...more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| The imminent execution of death row inmate Lawrence Musgrove (Sean Combs)
will have a dramatic impact on the lives of his beautiful, troubled wife
Leticia (Halle Berry) and the head of his execution squad, Hank Grotowski
(Billy Bob Thornton), in ways...more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| Hank Grotowski (Billy Bob Thornton, "The Man Who Wasn't There") has followed
in his racist father Buck's (Peter Boyle, TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond")
footsteps as a correctional officer at a Georgia State Penitentiary. As
leader of the death squad,...more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| MONSTER'S BALL (2001)
Rated R; running time 111 minutes
Studios: Lions Gate Films
Genre: Drama
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.monstersballthefilm.com/
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0285742
Written...more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| Marc Forster's MONSTER'S BALL is a romantic version of THE GREEN MILE made with
a SLING BLADE feel. Even if the last half gets bogged down in the cinematic
equivalent of quicksand, the first half is absolutely exquisite and captivating.
If the film...more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "MONSTER'S BALL" (Lions Gate Films)
Memorable performance are what distinguishes this dark, dismal
drama about racism, brutality and family violence. Peter Boyle, Billy Bob
Thornton and Heath Ledger play three...more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
A racist corrections officer finds himself falling for a black woman, who just
happens to be the widow of a black man over whom he just supervised an
execution. more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Director Marc Forster's career has had the kind of trajectory most beginning
directors can only dream of. His first feature, Loungers, won the Audience
Award at Slamdance in 1996. Everything Put Together, his second film, was a
winner at last year's...more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Lions Gate Films
Director: Marc Forster
Writer: Milo Addica, Will Rokos
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, Peter
Boyle, Sean Combs, Mos Def, Will Rokos, Milo Addica, Coronji
Calhoun, Charles Cowan...more |
| Monster's Ball Review |
| by Jeremiah Kipp (Rating: 1/5) |
| Strangeways, here we come: Marc Forster represents jungle fever in some
mighty odd ways throughout Monster's Ball. Racist Georgia slammer
prison guard Billy Bob Thornton frequents his favorite late-night diner
after days spent monitoring death row....more |
