Brewer seems content to just throw all of these things at the screen and then... not very much else, really

| Jul 2, 2021

A nearly indefinable blend of pulpy guilty pleasures.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 24, 2020

Writer/director Craig Brewer has whipped up a controversy magnet that will make some fans of his first film, Hustle & Flow, retract anything they said in defense of its depiction of women.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 25, 2019

Worth seeing for Sam Jackson alone, but one wonders what someone like Quentin Tarantino or Robert Rodriguez would have done with this material.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 6, 2019

Brewer uses these plot machinations to investigate ideas of race, religion and redemption in a way that for most of the film's running time is unusually riveting.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2018

. . .I still can't decide if the film is serious or not. If it is, this causes some major problems, since the morality it espouses is nuts.

| Aug 23, 2017

Snaps and crackles with comic verve

| Aug 27, 2009

With excellent performances, plays on morality and sexual behavior, Brewer composes another surefire classic.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 29, 2009

Craig Brewer, the promising director who hit it with Hustle and Flow, seems to harbor a need to exorcise his white burden through films centered on black music.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 23, 2009

Brewer knows his music, and how to make it the center of a story; if he only did a better job filling in the rest of the blanks, this might've worked.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2008

Moan? You're more likely to be groaning - or possibly hooting with laughter at the implausibility of this messy, misogynistic melodrama.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 13, 2008

I did expect there to be a stronger emotional connection between Ricci and Jackson, but that said, the two actors were impressive to watch.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 1, 2008

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 7, 2007

Pulpy Southern immorality tale is for adults only.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2007

Chaining people to your radiator is a Wrong Thing To Do. This is not the opinion of Black Snake Moan.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 27, 2007

Its sleazy, scuzzy nature comes not from a forward desire to push the standards of taste but a been-there sense of the ways of the world.

| Original Score: A- | Sep 15, 2007

Deception, freedom and redemption all weave themselves into a moody tale that holds our attention for most of the time, compounded by Ricci's striking performance and waif-like appearance

| Jul 28, 2007

Basically, the movie is an old-fashioned morality play, for all its lurid details.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 29, 2007

A fascinating, colourful, sometimes outrageous film that succeeds because it was built on a solid foundation.

Full Review | Original Score: 82/100 | Jun 25, 2007

Black Snake Moan is highly recommended for anyone who is tired of films with scripts that insult their intellect or that boast superficial performances by mediocre actors.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 25, 2007