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Monster's Ball (2001) Rank 2 Reviews
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Movie Magazine International
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
A somber meditation on racism and family pathology, anchored by solid performances. ...read the complete Monster's Ball movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Detroit News (Susan Stark)
Disturbing, provocative and, finally, tentatively encouraging, Monster's Ball brings subtlety and quiet conviction to the kind of story routinely exploited on the big screen. ...read the complete Monster's Ball movie review at Detroit News (Susan Stark)
iofilm.co.uk (The Wolf)
Berry is open to the wounds of a role that stretches her beyond anything she has done before. ...read the complete Monster's Ball movie review at iofilm.co.uk (The Wolf)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Film Threat (--)
At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Xi-online (Saskia Wenniger)
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
Moviola (Jorge G. Avila Andrade)
Cinema 2000 (João Lopes)
DigitalVD.de (Patrick Fiekers)
Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)
Monster's Ball tries to put a new spin on the salt and pepper romance plot. The result: a convoluted, overwrought interracial drama that oversells its message ...read the complete Monster's Ball movie review at Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)
Matinee Magazine (Joe McGovern)
A dimensionless, patronizing, and almost apologetic vision of female ethnicity that ranks with Hollywood's worst modes of manipulation. ...read the complete Monster's Ball movie review at Matinee Magazine (Joe McGovern)
Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
A serious movie made by seriously talented people, and I never quite came 'round to it. ...read the complete Monster's Ball movie review at Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
This movie is filled with tragic events, but it does have a kind of mildly upbeat ending. Overall, it seems to be an almost ridiculously sad story, full of anger, hatred and pain. The love story, I know, is supposed to balance the tragedy and pain, but ...read the complete Monster's Ball movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
Billy Bob Thornton, Peter Boyle and Heath Ledger in Monster's Ball. The title refers to the party thrown for a prisoner on the night before his execution. Typical of director Marc ForsterÕs disappointing drama, the title bears little relation to the film. ...read the complete Monster's Ball movie review at Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
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