Black Snake Moan - Review

Waste of film! The bitch is strong enough to beat up on females lets see him beat up a man!

Jackson was the father she never had and she was the daughter he never had. The healed each other. They were both able to move on with their respective lives which had been arrested by previous trauma. The acting was very good and Jackson was superb. I enjoyed it. Better than most stuff that is pumped out of h'wood.

You can not all be serious, you guys. I would rate this movie are a rather bad one. There is nothing unique about this movie. It's one cliché after enother and didn't tickle me, not for one second it didn't.

I just watched this wonderful masterpiece.
A deep story about real people, real lives...
This movie wasn't about sex or religion...
This is an amazing story of kindness,
selflessness, love and suffering.
Every night we all watch in amazement American movies,
news, TV show, so much hate and violence, blood, rape.
I just want to walk away and throw up... I know you all
"enjoy" the same shows, movies and news, yet, you complain
about a movie that tell the truth in the most sincere,
deep, honest way... It's really hard for me to understand
how you see this amazing film about sex, religion, race
or anything else. try watching this movie again, I highly
recommend this heartfelt feel good film.

Josh, this is number 2 "religious" person "blessed" by the movie. Anyhow, I could find SEVERAL seminarians who would watch this film. Generalizing "religious" people by presumptuously excluding them as viewers of this movie is like generalizing the movie as a raunchy, racey sex sex and exploitation thriller without giving yourself the chance to watch it first.

Anyway, no offense though :)

It was a great movie. I am glad the producers didn't sell it with Timberlake. I was suprised to see him, aprehensive at first, but he is a great actor. Come on, he acted and sang at the same time first before he ever sang exclusively.

Christina Ricci, no suprise, incredible actress.

Sammuel: although he is not a diverse actor, the kind of role he portrayed in this film was very appropriate and I enjoyed his performance. Stick with what you know, Sam.

His singing was mediocre, and I dont know much about the Blues, but I believe a mediocre singing voice has nothing to do with the amount of soul someone illustrates in a blues performance.

A top notch film and Oscar condender.

i saw this at my local video store-intrigued but had to pass it up due to its obvious tone.this looks hot(trashy white girl half naked and chained)-to an old black mans heater(and the title-i mean cmon guys) i hope trey and matt pick this one up...

Haven't seen the movie but plan to. I'm a little bemused by the writers(s) who assume Christians won't see this movie. Quite the contrary. Yes, I'm highly offended by vulgar language, casual or exploitative sexuality, brutality, violence and the like, and there was a time when viritually ALL decent people were offended by it. Hollywood is more guilty than any of desensitizing our culture to denegration in the name of "art". But as long as movies don't ENDORSE sinful behavior or lifestyles and instead use the "darkness" as a backdrop for the "light" - all I can say is AMEN. Speaking for myself and most Evangelicals I know, we're THRILLED when it seems like the impossible might happen... a hip, artsy film that actually portrays Christian principles and values as admirable. Most Believers are not the arrogant, ignorant, narrow-minded, self-righteous zealots that so many secularists presume us to be. In fact, the adjectives I just used to describe our image are better suited to those who lump us all together as such. Christianity is all about bringing light (the love of Christ) to a dark and hurting world. Sounds like that's what Laz may be trying to do for Rae, so I'm in.

j9, the point of these movies is to open your eyes. You aren't paying attention to the movie and its points and values, your hand is too far stuck up your butt. They did NOT have the same problems they started out with. Rae was getting better, as you could see at the end when she grabbed her golden waist chain. She found faith and something to believe in and a strength because of Laz. As for Ronnie, she was his rock in the last scene helping him get through his problems. They ultimately found what they needed to, but it takes time for progression. If they would have been instantly been cured the movie would have sucked. Because of Rae, Laz found that pharmacy chick and they were all on the right track. Their was a quote in the movie from the preacher and how heaven shoudn't be looked at as a final destination. Like, you can't do a bunch of wrong things in your life and then say your sorry and expect it to work out. You have to stay on the right path in life and make the most of it to truly get to where you were meant to be. They all finally got on better paths to becoming better human beings.

I found the movie weird. I do not understand why he believed he had the right to change anyone and especially in the manner that he chose. In the end she and Ronnie had the same problems they started out with. No matter his intentions, he should of been arrested and sentenced to jail time. She should have been admitted to a hospital for a disease, and her boyfriend should have checked himself into the mental ward and the preacher should have had his license revoked. There was nothing healthy about this movie, and Lazs religion was a sure sign that he lacked a relationship with Christ.

you are extremely closed-minded and clueless

Ugly movie. Didn't know Samuel Jackson could sing and now I know he can't. Story is a bit off the wall and the scenes were close to high school thespian quality. In reality, ole Sam would be behind bars for abusing a whore in chains. Justin Timberlake needs to stick to singing. Artistry this wasn't.

wrong on all counts. Samuel was an excellent singer. Justin is aweful at singing, but he did a really good job acting.

Here's another born again so baptist who loved the film. I know several christians who have now seen it.

I saw this movie today and thought well it was not the worst but it left so much unanswered, for instance what ever happened to the guy that beat up Rae and who decided to make Justin Timberlake a weak mamas boy who cried through out the entire moive? I am not sorry I watched it, but I may not watch again. For the message it was trying to portray it was good, I just thought it was slow for to long and then went into hyper speed near the end to finish the movie on time....that sucked.

I thought the movie was excellent in the way that it wove a number of complex themes. Race, Sex, Religion, in a small town in the South, is an incendiary mix. As a Southern Black male; I know of what I speak. My only complaint is that more authentic blues music should have been used. The Son House film clip, however, did a great job in setting the tone for this morality play. The Blues strips away all the veneer and pretense of everyday life.

Great, there's one. Now how many people from Seminary can you get to go with you to see it again?

Funny that you mention the idea that this film has something positive to say about religion, but that it's unlikely religious folks will see it.

I am, in fact, both a film critic and a minister in seminary. I have given this film a 4-star rating, just shy of my highest rating. I thought it beautifully portrayed virtually every aspect of the story and did a marvelous job with Christianity. The preacher in this film is a TRUE preacher (along the lines of Duvall's marvelous preacher from "The Apostle").

So, here's one...one "religious" person who saw this film and absolutely loved it for the authentic way in which it dealt with its characters, its story and its spirit.

Well, it is an exploitation movie M. Page. That's kind of the point.

But really, the whole relationship between Laz and Rae is so much more complicated than that.

Just because it happens in a movie doesn't mean it's ok. We watch serial killer movies... and I think everyone knows serial killing isn't ok. Just because it's in a movie isn't an endorsement of it. Don't be silly.

Go actually watch the film, then get back to me.

I realize that some people will wax poetic over this movie, but ask yourself how you would feel if a black man(half naked) were chained to a radiator..for his own good ..of course.I guess exploiting young women is A-ok.

To whom it may concern-

I swear to christ I have seen this movie before. Like 4-7 years ago. Positive. This is some crazy sh8t*t.