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Film Muser Rating : 4 / 5
Release Date : March 2, 2007
Running Time : 116 minutes
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Director Craig Brewer of 2005’s Hustle & Flow returns with the southern Gothic tale Black Snake Moan. Samuel L. Jackson plays Lazarus, a former blues singer who now farms in rural Tennessee. Now living a somewhat stagnant life, Lazarus’s wife leaves him for his more “interesting” brother. Living in the same town is Rae, played by Christina Ricci. Due to her past sexual abuse, Rae’s life is filled with promiscuity even though she is married. When her husband (played by Justin Timberlake) leaves to fight in Iraq her behaviour spirals even more out of control until she finds herself beaten, and left for dead on a country road. It is here that she falls into Lazarus’s care, where he tries to rid her of her evil ways. The more time the two of them spend together, Lazarus’s too starts to see his life turn around.

Craig Brewer Directs Black Snake Moan

Black Snake Moan trailers may have turned some people off of this movie since Rae was shown chained up inside Lazarus’s house. That’s too bad since this film is far from being sleazy as the trailers may have suggested. Instead this film is about two flawed people who have reached low levels in their lives. As both of them fall further into a state of dependency - Rae on sex and Lazarus on alcohol, their lives near destruction. The film works well as it parallels Lazarus and Rae struggling with their respective problems.

Jackson fits well into the role as a southern Tennessee farmer. He does all of his blues singing himself, and does an admirable job. As Terence Howard did all of his rapping in Hustle & Flow, the director must have similar feelings as me since I think this really ups the legitimacy of the character. Ricci fits her role well as the trashy Rae, and her interaction with Jackson is believable.

I fully enjoyed this movie, and the strong southern Gothic theme really makes you feel like you are deep in the southern United States (I’ve never actually been there, but I think I felt like I was there). This is a film where we see two very different individuals reach a devastating low in their lives, and who’s unlikely friendship leads to their redemption. We do not get a traditional fairy tale ending, but we do get what I feel is a much more realistic resolution.

Memorable Scene
Lazarus decides to come out of retirement and get his blues band back together for another show at a local bar. He takes Rae along with him, who is continuing to live at his house. This scene of Lazarus performing on the stage, and the sweaty patrons on the packed dance floor captures the mood perfectly.