Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Christina RicciRae
- Samuel L. JacksonLazarus
- Justin TimberlakeRonnie Morgan
- S. Epatha MerkersonAngela
- John CothranReverend R. L.
- David BannerTehronne
- Michael Raymond-JamesGill
- Adriane LenoxRose Woods
- Kim RichardsSandy
- Neimus K. WilliamsLincoln
Recommendations
- 88
ReelViews
Ricci's performance is brave and effective - the most provocative in a career that has rejected Hollywood norms. - 78
Austin Chronicle
The story is as humorous and raunchy as a good blues refrain, and the way Lazarus and Rae react to each other almost resembles the classic call-and-response structure of the blues. - 75
Premiere
Perpetually wide-eyed and mega-snarly bedraggled, Christina Ricci prowls through Black Snake Moan looking like something the cat dragged in. If you're anything like me, you'll be very grateful to the cat. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
It's outlandish, hilariously overripe, and possibly sexist: You'd expect no less from Craig Brewer, the writer and director who made the passionate case for how hard it is out there for a pimp. But I loved the picture's tabloid energy and heart. - 50
Variety
Mix Brigitte Bardot in "And God Created Woman" with Carroll Baker in "Baby Doll," sex it up times 10 and you have a notion of the effect of Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan. - 50
Village Voice
Black Snake Moan sho-nuff ain't no "Sweetback." Indeed, long stretches of Brewer's Suthun-fried sophomore slump come down the country road lookin' as haggard as a workaholic ho on a Sunday morning. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Be prepared to collapse into a hoot and a howl of hilarity at all the wrong moments. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The blues music in "Moan" is superfine, but my oh my, what to make of the ripe Southern cliches and this absurd story. The film is so jaw-dropping awful that it just might become a boxoffice hit.
