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Le réalisateur Marc Foster nous plonge avec cette histoire dans un océan de douleur. Dans l’atmosphère moite du sud des États-Unis, Leticia (Halle Berry) tombe amoureuse d’un homme, rencontré alors qu’elle emmenait d’urgence son fils obèse à l’hôpital, qui s’avère le responsable de l’exécution de son mari. Cet homme, Hank, c’est Billy Bob Thornton, l’un des acteurs les plus surprenants du moment. Thornton joue tout en retenue, un style dans lequel il excelle, comme il l'avait déjà prouvé dans The Man Who Wasn’t There, des frères Cohen. Il est la pierre angulaire de ce drame où ambiance poisseuse, paralysie des sentiments et racisme quotidien sont portés par la mise en images acerbe de Marc Foster.
Grâce à une réalisation nerveuse, un sens de l’ellipse tout à fait opportun et une direction photo pleinement maîtrisée, le premier long-métrage de Foster est une œuvre assez aboutie, malgré une fin abrupte et un jeu parfois hystérique de Berry, qui détonne avec l’ensemble. Monster’s Ball reste tout de même un film dur, haché, dépeignant sans maquillage le quotidien tout en paradoxes de personnages battus par la vie. --Helen Faradji
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Up-hill battle against poorly conceived bad reviews,
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This review is from: Monster's Ball (Widescreen) (DVD)
I don't plan on trying to argue against the bad reviews on a point by point basis.Instead, it's my opinion that the bad reviews are related to the fact that this film has no car chases, no explosions, so spurting blood, special effects, or any of the other [stuff] that makes up "popular films these days". In my review I would say that this is a very well written movie, that is very well acted. The only characer I was uncomfortable with was Halle Berry's son, the first time I watched this film I didn't think he did a very good job. But the second time I realized just how much this kid had been through and why he had turned out as he had. You won't like this film if you don't like intense drama's driven exclusively by character development. Caution: this film requires thinking----they do not lay the whole story out for you!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Movie for those who can appreciate well written scripts and amazing direction,
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This review is from: Monster's Ball (Widescreen) (DVD)
This movie is by far one of the best in the last few years. One of the best things about this is its simiplicity; the human need for intimacy and love. Its this simiplicity that resonates with so many viewers. Hank and Letitia, played by Billy Bob Thorton and Halle Berry respectively, need each other. All the other things; the fact that Hank was one of the guards involved in her husbands execution, Hanks racist upbring, etc; all those things just don't matter, not as much as thier desperate need for each other. Sure there are no roses and chocolates, but don't be fooled...its a real world romance.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Thornton, not Berry, steals the show!,
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This review is from: Monster's Ball (Widescreen) (DVD)
First things first, sorry, Berry's was NOT the best performance in this film. Far from it. Thornton steals the show as the multi-faceted racist corrections officer. In fact, I was thinking as I watched the movie that I certainly hoped it wasn't this performance that earned Berry an Oscar. Then I saw on the box that is was. Mercy, what was the Academy thinking on that choice? I thought her performance was unnatural and contrived, and not aided by the fact that her stunning beauty belied her otherwise down and out status (I'm only willing to suspend disbelief to a certain point). As for the film itself, it grabs you from the beginning and doesn't let go. The mood it establishes, supported by an excellent musical score, almost hypnotizes you. I was disappointed by the ending, however. It seemed abrupt and gave me a feeling of incompleteness concerning the film. The fact that there wasn't much dialogue to uncover the characters along the way only added to this feeling (I felt like I was only starting to get to know these people and then . . . the credits roll). But, again, it was the mood, not the dialogue, that makes this movie work.
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