Shooting the Breeze: Monster's Ball
A powerful drama about people coping with tragedy.
A teary oscar-winning performance from Halle Berry shines through this thoughtful film.
Two vastly different people come together after experiencing their own life-changing tragedies.
Billy-Bob Thornton delivers a good performance as Hank, the strict prison officer with a cantankerous and racist father, who has an epiphany after his son commits suicide.
Breaking free from the constraints of expectation from his own father, Hank doesn't realise the damage that he himself is doing to his relationship with his son until it is too late.
He becomes closer to Halle Berry's debt-ridden waitress Letitia after her son is killed in a hit and run accident on a rain soaked night.
Thornton's understated performance complements Halle Berry's teary-eyed scenes.
There are still several obstacles and dramatic twists in Monster's Ball before the final conclusion and the tension slowly builds up for the unlikely couple.
Monster's Ball is punctuated by scenes of violent language and graphic sex and passion, marking it out as a modern film, but the themes remain powerful and relevant.
