Top billed cast

1. 

   Billy Bob Thornton

   Hank Grotowski

2. 

   Heath Ledger

   Sonny Grotowski

3. 

   Halle Berry

   Leticia Musgrove

4. 

   Sean Combs

   Lawrence Musgrove

5. 

   Yasiin Bey

   Ryrus Cooper

6. 

   Will Rokos

   Warden Velesco

7. 

   Milo Addica

   Tommy Roulaine

8. 

   Coronji Calhoun

   Tyrell Musgrove

9. 

   Peter Boyle

   Buck Grotowski

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2018-10-21

***Powerful message in a melancholic drama bogged down by un-real contrivances and other issues***

A father and son (Billy Bob Thornton and Heath Ledger) are correctional officers in Louisiana who live with their father, a former corrections officer and hateful racist (Peter Boyle). After overseeing the execution of a black man (Sean 'Diddy' Combs) a couple of tragedies compel the father, Hank (Thornton), to meet the struggling ex-wife of the executed man (Halle Berry).

The cast, locations, score and directing are all excellent. The problem is the contrived script, which tends to focus ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,000,000.00

Revenue
$44,900,000.00

Keywords

• new love
• ethnic stereotype
• waitress
• unsociability
• overweight child
• parent child relationship
• southern usa
• loss of loved one
• interracial relationship
• electric chair
• xenophobia
• shocking
• angry
• dramatic
• authoritarian
• callous
• cruel
• disapproving
• enraged
• foreboding