Fresh
Pitched uncomfortably but compellingly between homage and exploitation in its big-hearted exploration of the steamiest corners of black life.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Overview
A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.
Director and cast
- Craig Brewer Director
- Samuel L. Jackson as Lazarus
- Christina Ricci as Rae
- Justin Timberlake as Ronnie Morgan
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Angela
- John Cothran as Reverend R. L.
- David Banner as Tehronne
- Michael Raymond-James as Gill
- Adriane Lenox as Rose Woods
- Kim Richards as Sandy
- Neimus K. Williams as Lincoln
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
66%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Delightfully outrageous, Black Snake Moan is an explosive mixture of sex, race and down-South swamp water.
Mark Holcomb, Time Out New York
Fresh
For Black Snake Moan to work any sort of magic, it must be viewed as a blues riff on damaged souls and their desperate need for salvation.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Rotten
The movie strolls right past absurdity into offensiveness, by trying to pass this pulp nonsense off as noble art.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Fresh
This is the kind of movie that's best enjoyed as a stylized fantasy, much like Brewer's most obvious model, Elia Kazan's Southern-fried Tennessee Williams adaptation Baby Doll.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
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