"Monster's Ball" DVD
I loved the acting in "Monster's Ball." I watched this movie on DVD and found it to be absolutely riveting. I think the emotional power of this film comes mainly from the fact that the characters are given enough time to express their feelings. Billy Bob Thornton portrays Hank Grotowski, a Georgia prison guard whose duties include taking part in carrying out the execution of death row inmate Lawrence Musgrove (Sean Combs). Halle Berry plays Lawrence's wife Leticia. Leticia is a waitress at a diner, where she meets Hank, but neither is aware of the other's connection with the condemned man. As the white Hank and the black Leticia become friends, begin a sexual relationship, and fall in love, the unlikely pair must grapple with a number of problems. "Monster's Ball" is a rather quiet, yet emotionally powerful, film that didn't bore me for a single minute. |
