craig brewer grew up in tennessee and it is evident in his movie. forget the black guy on white girl action. it happens and but it isn not samuel l. jackson on christina ricci. more importantly this movie is about the values and culture of the people in this tennessee town. how they deal with divorce and abandonment and sexual abuse and psychological disorders. while shrinks make millions in the cities of the north and midwest and west coast and the town minister and who also grapples with his own problems and becomes the counselor and mediator. it is a interesting concept and one that may not settle well with everyone. brewer shows us the region he grew up in. yes it is still tainted with racial problems and though worse problems exist in many metropolitan cities. this is in the subtext and not the main plot of the story. people live a more simple lifestyle and yet life is still complex and excruciating. jackson and ricci do a fantastic job in this film. jackson the aging former blues guitarist who eeks out a living on his small farm. his wife of 12 years leaves him for his brother and so he spirals into depression. meanwhile ricci and justin timberlake have a last wild sexually charged night before he ships off to the army. ricci suffers from a childhood of sexual abuse and though that isn not revealed until later and her torment can only be quenched by sexual forays with various boys (black and white) in the town. when ricci is beat up and left for dead on the road near jacksons farm and he finds her and nurses her back to health. he believes it is divine intervention that this half naked white girl is left in his care. he clutches his bible and prays for guidance. he refuses her sexual advances and instead treats her with dignity and respect and care. something few men in her life have ever done. she in time sees jackson as a man of honor and morals and yet he also carries his own pain. he plays his guitar and sings to her. yes it the blues and damn good too and with the minister counseling her and she slowly understands how to deal with her childhood sexual abuse. jackson and through ricci transformation and realizes he must let his own pain heal. justin timberlake comes back and discharged due to anxiety problems. as he searches for ricci and who has been living with jackson during her recovery and he finds out she has been promiscuous and unfaithful to him. he finds her and jackson at a bar and where jackson has decided (as part of his healing process) to come out retirement and play the blues again. timberlake follows them home and confronts jackson and ricci. you will have to see the movie to get the rest of the story. should you decide to see this film and remember to look at it from the aspect of a foreign or independent movie. it is a slice of life and from a particular region of america that few of us get to see. it is interesting and revealing. it also shows us that regardless of the color of our skin and we all have similar problems that can be fixed with similar solutions. 
craig brewer grew up in tennessee and it is evident in his movie. forget the black guy on white girl action. it happens and but it isn not samuel l. jackson on christina ricci. more importantly this movie is about the values and culture of the people in this tennessee town. how they deal with divorce and abandonment and sexual abuse and psychological disorders. while shrinks make millions in the cities of the north and midwest and west coast and the town minister and who also grapples with his own problems and becomes the counselor and mediator. it is a interesting concept and one that may not settle well with everyone. brewer shows us the region he grew up in. yes it is still tainted with racial problems and though worse problems exist in many metropolitan cities. this is in the subtext and not the main plot of the story. people live a more simple lifestyle and yet life is still complex and excruciating. jackson and ricci do a fantastic job in this film. jackson the aging former blues guitarist who eeks out a living on his small farm. his wife of 12 years leaves him for his brother and so he spirals into depression. meanwhile ricci and justin timberlake have a last wild sexually charged night before he ships off to the army. ricci suffers from a childhood of sexual abuse and though that isn not revealed until later and her torment can only be quenched by sexual forays with various boys (black and white) in the town. when ricci is beat up and left for dead on the road near jacksons farm and he finds her and nurses her back to health. he believes it is divine intervention that this half naked white girl is left in his care. he clutches his bible and prays for guidance. he refuses her sexual advances and instead treats her with dignity and respect and care. something few men in her life have ever done. she in time sees jackson as a man of honor and morals and yet he also carries his own pain. he plays his guitar and sings to her. yes it the blues and damn good too and with the minister counseling her and she slowly understands how to deal with her childhood sexual abuse. jackson and through ricci transformation and realizes he must let his own pain heal. justin timberlake comes back and discharged due to anxiety problems. as he searches for ricci and who has been living with jackson during her recovery and he finds out she has been promiscuous and unfaithful to him. he finds her and jackson at a bar and where jackson has decided (as part of his healing process) to come out retirement and play the blues again. timberlake follows them home and confronts jackson and ricci. you will have to see the movie to get the rest of the story. should you decide to see this film and remember to look at it from the aspect of a foreign or independent movie. it is a slice of life and from a particular region of america that few of us get to see. it is interesting and revealing. it also shows us that regardless of the color of our skin and we all have similar problems that can be fixed with similar solutions. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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