in black snake moan and writer director craig brewer is so obsessed with heavy symbolism that part of me felt like dismissing the entire film as pretentious a sweltering southern parable with some oh so risky subject matter. the movie also contains a heavy spiritual subtext where religion is being hauled into the picture again and this is integrated without subtlety. after the darker opening scenes and the film increasingly blunts its edge until the entire production comes off with the artificial quality of a stage play (and i will admit and the last 15 minutes go way too far into happy ending territory for my liking). and that not to mention the archival footage of musician son house and ruminating on love and death (and heavily foreshadowing things to come and of course). yet in a strange way and these demerits are also qualities of black snake moan and the tale of aging lazarus (samuel l. jackson) and recently dumped by his wife (for his brother and no less) and who comes across near death nympho rae (christina ricci and easily giving the hottest portrayal of trailer trash on celluloid ever) while nursing the girl back to health and he chains her to his radiator to overcome her demons and and hopefully redeem his own fallen self. while there is a definite prurient appeal in watching ricci fall out of her skimpy outfits and her performance is risky and mature not a trace of wednesday addams to be found and and she easily holds her own with jackson and who personifies the blues in his portrait of a flawed and god fearing man. while heavy handed and the scene where lazarus sings rae a song in the midst of a lightning storm or blackout is compelling and as is a scene inside a jumping blues club that makes you wish you were there. the setting is strong and and a case can be made for the literal symbolism (the chain and the radiator and the strange blurry man who haunts rae libido) being a deliberate outgrowth of superstition and spirituality. and it is the conviction with which this spirituality is played that lends black snake moan much of its strength the committed performances of jackson and ricci make this a film that goes from wrenching to uplifting with and well and seamless grace. while justin timberlake jealous lover is a plot contrivance i could have done without and neither he nor the sledgehammer subtlety can keep this from being a fascinatingly meditative film. 
in black snake moan and writer director craig brewer is so obsessed with heavy symbolism that part of me felt like dismissing the entire film as pretentious a sweltering southern parable with some oh so risky subject matter. the movie also contains a heavy spiritual subtext where religion is being hauled into the picture again and this is integrated without subtlety. after the darker opening scenes and the film increasingly blunts its edge until the entire production comes off with the artificial quality of a stage play (and i will admit and the last 15 minutes go way too far into happy ending territory for my liking). and that not to mention the archival footage of musician son house and ruminating on love and death (and heavily foreshadowing things to come and of course). yet in a strange way and these demerits are also qualities of black snake moan and the tale of aging lazarus (samuel l. jackson) and recently dumped by his wife (for his brother and no less) and who comes across near death nympho rae (christina ricci and easily giving the hottest portrayal of trailer trash on celluloid ever) while nursing the girl back to health and he chains her to his radiator to overcome her demons and and hopefully redeem his own fallen self. while there is a definite prurient appeal in watching ricci fall out of her skimpy outfits and her performance is risky and mature not a trace of wednesday addams to be found and and she easily holds her own with jackson and who personifies the blues in his portrait of a flawed and god fearing man. while heavy handed and the scene where lazarus sings rae a song in the midst of a lightning storm or blackout is compelling and as is a scene inside a jumping blues club that makes you wish you were there. the setting is strong and and a case can be made for the literal symbolism (the chain and the radiator and the strange blurry man who haunts rae libido) being a deliberate outgrowth of superstition and spirituality. and it is the conviction with which this spirituality is played that lends black snake moan much of its strength the committed performances of jackson and ricci make this a film that goes from wrenching to uplifting with and well and seamless grace. while justin timberlake jealous lover is a plot contrivance i could have done without and neither he nor the sledgehammer subtlety can keep this from being a fascinatingly meditative film. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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