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Monster's Ball
Monster's Ball
6.3
/10
1,470 Ratings

MONSTER'S BALL

Directed by Marc Forster
United States, 2001
Drama, Romance

Synopsis

Leticia, whose husband was executed on Death Row, encounters Hank, a former prison warden, when she begins working at a local diner. Hank helps Leticia after her son Tyrell is involved in an accident, but she eventually discovers that Hank was the warden responsible for her husband’s execution.

Synopsis

Leticia, whose husband was executed on Death Row, encounters Hank, a former prison warden, when she begins working at a local diner. Hank helps Leticia after her son Tyrell is involved in an accident, but she eventually discovers that Hank was the warden responsible for her husband’s execution.

Our take

A fateful meeting of lost souls ignites a journey towards redemption in Marc Forster’s compelling drama, which tempers tragedy with hope. For her powerful performance which evokes the numbness of grief, Halle Berry became the first—and to date the only—Black woman to win the Oscar® for Best Actress.