Review: Black Snake Moan

Director : Craig Brewer
Main Cast : Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake

Okay okay, I confess. The only reason I wanted to see Black Snake Moan was to see (an unrecognisable) Christina Ricci chained to a radiator in various states of undress. However, the pleasant surprise is that leaving the cinema, the thing about the film that sticks to me is not Ricci, but Samuel L. Jackson. He personally carries the film through 2 hours of what is otherwise a slow-burning film about redemption in a typical Southern kampung ala Slingblade.

Yup, this is a tour de force from Mr Jackson, bringing back memories of Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, and he even sings the blues for a considerable portion of the film. Worth the ticket price alone. Enough even to make me forget the TERRIBLE Snakes On A Plane? Errr.. actually no.