Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, and Justin Timberlake.
Black Snake Moan is about a religious farmer (Jackson), whose wife is leaving him for his brother, that finds a nymphomaniac (Ricci) beaten on the side of the road, and chains her up in his house to help cure her.
One of the films very first scenes is of Justin Timberlake, who plays the boyfriend, Ronnie, fucking Christina Ricci, Rae, so I had already decided it would be good. They play a couple, Ronnie goes off to the war for a week, and Rae can't control herself. Lazarus (Jackson) finds her on the side of the road after her Ronnie's friend tried unsuccessfully to take advantage of her. Laz helps stop her sexual urges by caring for her and acting like a father. Rae confronts her own mother in a grocery store about sexual abuse she endured as a child at the hands of her mothers boyfriend, with her mom in the next room. Ronnie comes back, finds Rae at Lazarus' house, threatens to kill him, and then is told why she's there. Rae and Ronnie get married and the final scene is of them both having breakdowns on the side of the freeway, and Rae helping them both to stop, singing 'This Little Light of Mine.'
Black Snake Moan wasn't my favorite movie of all time but it was nice. I would rate it a 5 and I would recommend it to my mother.
Black Snake Moan currently holds a 66% critic rating and a 68% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Black Snake Moan trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Z7Cf9IDGw
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462200/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/black_snake_moan/
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