Black Snake Moan R

To save his soul he must save hers.
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 26, 2017
  • Originally Released: 2006
  • Label: Paramount

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 413,544
4 stars out of 5 -- Sweaty, dirty and grimy it may be, just like the music that powers it, but underlying BLACK SNAKE MOAN is a rather sweet story.
Ultimate DVD
Jun 1, 2007
Rating: 3/4 -- Worth seeing for Sam Jackson alone, but one wonders what someone like Quentin Tarantino or Robert Rodriguez would have done with this material. Full Review
The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
Jun 5, 2019
3 stars out of 4 -- The film is carried to significant degree by Samuel L. Jackson....The new lean/mean Ricci may remind you of Susan Sarandon.
USA Today
Jun 29, 2007
Rating: 3/5 -- Brewer knows his music, and how to make it the center of a story; if he only did a better job filling in the rest of the blanks, this might've worked. Full Review
Hollywood.com
Nov 20, 2008
Rating: 3/4 -- With excellent performances, plays on morality and sexual behavior, Brewer composes another surefire classic. Full Review
Cinema Crazed
Apr 29, 2009
Snaps and crackles with comic verve Full Review
CinePassion
Aug 28, 2009
Rating: 3/5 -- Brewer uses these plot machinations to investigate ideas of race, religion and redemption in a way that for most of the film's running time is unusually riveting. Full Review
The List
Nov 3, 2018

Product Description:

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 titled after and largely driven by the force of blues music. Pulsating with color and bold cinematography, the story forms a visual counterpart to a blues ballad. When divorced ex-musician Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) finds Rae (Christina Ricci) badly beaten by the side of the road, he brings her to his house and chains her to his radiator. Rae has been a wreck since her boyfriend (Justin Timberlake) went off to war, and has spent her time getting into fights and being taken advantage of by just about every man in town. Rae appears to be afflicted with a physical need for sex that no one can cure. As Lazarus watches Rae twitching with pain on his couch, he sees that the young woman's only chance at redemption is in his hands.

While the premise is outlandish, and the film opens itself up for much moral criticism, BLACK SNAKE MOAN has its merits. Deliciously colorful, the film aches with rhythm and dances visually with its subjects. Whether fetishizing Christina Ricci's emaciated body, or making Samuel L. Jackson look years older than he is in real life, the cameras do their job well. Both Ricci and Jackson offer strong performances that mark turning points in their careers. BLACK SNAKE MOAN seems less concerned with how it will be judged than with embodying the sexuality and passion of blues music. No matter how many viewers the film may offend, it succeeds in creating a world that vibrates with desire and raw energy.

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  • UPC: 032429284020
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