Monsters Ball Movie Recap (2001)
March 24, 2002 Halle Berry won Best Actress and with this she became the first and so far the only (and as of 2025) African American woman to win this award. The movie she won for was 2001’s Monsters Ball. To this day, people ask was this win a cop out win because a black woman has never won this award? The only way to find out is if we recap the movie she won for. Monsters Ball Movie Recap In the beginning we meet Hank Grotowski (Billy Bob Thornton). Hank works as a CO, as did his father (whom is retired as a CO). Hank recently lost his wife, hence why he is living with his father and brother. Within the first five minutes, we are shown an encounter with a man and a prostitute. They do there thing but we don’t see the guy ever again, has me wondering what was the purpose of this scene? If anyone has a theory on why this scene is here let me know. Back with Hank, he and his father is a devout racist. He spot two black kids approaching his house and orders Hank to scare them o...