A superbly written, brilliantly acted and frequently surprising film that is by turns sexy, shocking and ultimately moving.
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06/19/07
Black Snake Moan (2007)
66 %
Reviews Counted: 145 Fresh: 95 Rotten:50 Average Rating: 6.3/10
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Uninhibited performances, skillful direction, and a killer blues soundtrack elevate Black Snake Moan beyond its outlandish premise.
Rated: 15 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Theatrical Release: 18-05-2007
Synopsis: Director Craig Brewer follows up his unexpectedly well-received pimp drama, HUSTLE AND FLOW, with this stylish tale of the unlikely connections that are forged when a lost soul attempts to cure a young nymphomaniac of her wicked ways. Set deep down south in a small Tennessee town, the film is... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake, John Cothran, S. Epatha Merkerson
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Jackson's elegant performance gives the frequently tough to swallow story some credence.
06/16/07
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It’s so profoundly, mind-blowingly offensive that you almost have to admire the writer/director Craig Brewer’s nerve.
05/19/07
Top Critic
Sam Jackson delivers the electric blues in a not-so-blue movie that promises more Deep South sin than it actually delivers.
05/18/07
Top Critic
This is an unusually bold film, but it's also a morality tale that's riddled with hypocrisy and is frankly offensive. Not a blues movie as much as a blue movie.
05/15/07
Top Critic
Moody and full of atmosphere, this film has a terrific premise, but no plot to speak of. It's an intriguing character study, beautifully filmed and acted but ultimately somewhat empty.
03/15/07
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01/15/08
Chaining people to your radiator is a Wrong Thing To Do. This is not the opinion of Black Snake Moan.
09/27/07
Its sleazy, scuzzy nature comes not from a forward desire to push the standards of taste but a been-there sense of the ways of the world.
09/15/07
Deception, freedom and redemption all weave themselves into a moody tale that holds our attention for most of the time, compounded by Ricci's striking performance and waif-like appearance
07/28/07
Basically, the movie is an old-fashioned morality play, for all its lurid details.
06/29/07
A fascinating, colourful, sometimes outrageous film that succeeds because it was built on a solid foundation.
06/25/07
Black Snake Moan is highly recommended for anyone who is tired of films with scripts that insult their intellect or that boast superficial performances by mediocre actors.
06/25/07
Frankly, I'm shocked by the number of critics who have been praising the film. To my mind, the movie doesn't even rate to be called camp. It's simply a bad idea gone wrong.
05/07/07
The concept works better in esoteric theory than it does in actual practice.
03/17/07
Rae's body-as-cliché remains intact, whether spilling out of her t-shirt or wrapped up in her little white wedding dress.
03/17/07
The collision of ideals is also where Black Snake Moan shines as a statement on the value of the cultural melting pot.
03/15/07
Feels about as authentic as the radiator in that semi-tropical countryside, where the only steamy stuff one can imagine being generated, is from that temptress in heat chained up to it.
03/13/07
This is a strange, politically incorrect and controversial film. It defies all expectations.
03/11/07
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