This is one of the most powerful movies I have ever seen. One mark of a good movie is that I can't get it out of my head for several days. I find thid movie stunning. I have to ask if the critics that hated this fil, were they watching the same movie? David Edelstein, what are you thinking about?

Nothing but cheap, depressing & degrading movie. Doesn't do anything for black women nor black people in General. The only excuse for this movie is so Hollywood could see her screwing the O' Massa butt naked & that's a dirty cheap excuse to win an Oscar. Monsterball is nothing to be proud of. GET REAL!!!! Oh, & I get sick of people making excuses saying Hallie's character was raped when she was willing to perform like a weak needy hoe.… Expand

This film was terrible. I was embarrassed, actually. How did Berry win the Oscar? She deserved the Razzie! Bad film. And barely any sex!

What the heck is up with Hollywood thinking that crappy endings are good? This movie is pretty good, it has a built up and cry effect like "The Green Mile" but its just humorous seeing P. Diddy fry. This is a cool movie because it gets up close and personal to racism and gives it a swift kick in the butt. But when the credits roll and you turn off the T.V. you realized this movie was just a 2 hour waste of your life. Don't watch it.… Expand

Polemic. "That boy he just love all those red gumballs." What writing!!! This is Hollywood at its very worst. Self-aggrandizing and emotionally false.

This movie takes development to its extreme and does so well. Billy Bob Thornton's character turns from a redneck, scaring his son's black friends off his property with a gun, to a man who kicks his father out to have a woman (Berry) move in.

Simply amazing from beginning to end. One of the years 5 best.

Great movie with a truly original, anti-Hollywood ending. This movie certainly won't please the "Forrest Gump" crowd, who like their movies uplifting, predictable, and pretty, but this searing little picture deserves all the praise it has received. Billy Bob Thornton is remarkable. Thank God movies like this are made.

Absolutely sensational film that explores the issues about real life people and the mistakes that we all make. The scenes between Haley and Billy Bob explode on the screen. I actually heard old ladies gasping in the theater. Go see this film!

Great movie. Fantastic acting, redemptive power of love, Hally Berry...what more could you want?

Pretentious Southern melodrama in the guise of a "meaningful" independent film. Billy Bob pulls the same performance as in "The Man Who Wasn't There," except this time it DOESN'T work, and as for Halle Berry's 10-minute porn scene for "art's sake"... well, enough said. This movie disappointed me terribly--it is manipulative, inconsistent trash. If you want to see a real independent gem, I recommend "Lantana," or, if you still haven't seen it, "In the Bedroom."… Expand

A good film with good performances, but it winning best actress is a joke. Sissy Spacek was infinitely better.

I know deep deep but very deep down this is a good movie, i just couldn't see that in the two and a half horrific hours i was in the theather. I like dramas as much as the next guy, but this one is so depressing and boring i just wanted to shoot myself, i was looking for a gun the entire movie to get me out of my misery, you want a good drama you can enjoy and survive?, stick to beautiful mind and gladiator. This one is a little more dramatic than we bargained for.… Expand

Monster's Ball is very good throughout, but it all comes together remarkably in the end, a peaceful, sad, wholly unpredictable conclusion that leave you soaring out of the theater, though the rest of the film is not exactly uplifting. Yeah - - - and the guy who liked A Beautiful Mind and Gladiator... I'm just going to assume that was a joke... Admitting you like movies like that is like admitting that you're a pedophile. … Expand

Engaging premise. Trails off somewhat to vaguely state whatever it was it was trying to say, something about moving on as either a insightful decision or an inevitable process. Either way, what the characters move on to seems to promise more vicious turns of fate in the future. Salvaged by dramatic performances - Berry is quite good. Admittedly a show which can be timely and beneficial for people in certain circumstances.… Expand

Excellent! edge of your seat film. It will engross you totally!

The only thing that might have made this film worth the time waste was Halley Berry's acting... and it's just not enough.

Absolutely riveting performances by an ensemble cast that keeps the audience on the edge of its' seat. Clearly heads and tails above the usual trash that Hollywood routinely regurgitates. The viewer can actually feel and connect with the characters. It is a must see movie.

The acting in "Monster's Ball" isn't really acting. It transcends that definition. The characters seem real, and their situations see real. As for the infamous, gratuitous sex scene - yes, it was a little unnecessary. But overall, this film is remarkable in terms of how the actors convey such a strong sense of hope for one another. One of the year's best. Grade: A-

Incredibly over-rated. Not at all believable. Halle Berry's great to look at. Other than that, that's about it.

It was just okay. Halle B's accent switched a few times which bugged me. Best Actress? NO. That award should have gone to Dame Judy for Iris. Brilliant! THAT'S acting!!

The acting is sublime, but the suicidal thoughts you get at the end prove more potent than the great acting. How depressing can you get?

Contrived malarkey through and through, with only Billy Bob navigating his way through the morass with any grace. The ending is interesting and well-played, but it's not worth the anvils getting dropped on your head for the previous 90 minutes.

I was once briefly engaged to a female prison guard with a preschooler who occasionally had contact with death row inmates. She was overweight. I loved the silence and actions speaking loudly in the movie. I saw it get the awards and had no idea how important it would be to me. It's not about a movie to me but rather a glimpse of reality in all it's horror. i hope that it's audience is yet to be found, that it helps a lot in a way that it hasn't yet.… Expand