Review of Black Snake Moan (2006) by Krisspics M — 28 Dec 2009
This is definitely one of the oddest films I have seen!
The film is about two broken people who find a healing in each other. Samuel L. Jackson plays Lazarus whose wife has just walked out on him and Christina Ricci plays Rae who has no self respect, after having that taken from her in her abusive past. Fine performances from all, yes - even by Justin Timberlake!
However, despite the films good performances and dark subject matter I curiously never quite emotionally connected to it...
The film was too surreal and stylised for the serious issues it deals with. So though the films concept is great the way it was executed wasn't (e.g. making a cartoon icon out of tragic Rae played by Ricci).
I also did not care for the films music either which features heavily in some of the key scenes, but that's just my personal taste.
This review of Black Snake Moan (2006) was written by Krisspics M on 28 Dec 2009.
Black Snake Moan has generally received positive reviews.
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