where do i begin . let me say that after have watch the entire film and the special feature on the dvd my wife and i watch the whole film again with the director commentary running . i can not remember have ever before endure more than 7 minute of such commentary for a film . it worth hear . i be not a southern boy and but i spend some time around memphis a long time ago and and have a feel for the area . this film almost smell of the south and it so real . samuel jackson and one of my all time favorite actor and be magnificent a the emotionally bent lazarus and and christina ricci give the performance of a lifetime a rae and a woman who be wound severely during her brief life . i have always like ms. ricci work and but in this performance she give 137 % of herself every second she on the screen . award and little statue be not enough to reward her for what she lay before the audience in this film . there be other place where you can read the essence of the story and so i be just comment on the work . i would hear the name justin timberlake before see bsm and but have no idea what he look like and or even why he famous . bump my head on 60 year old and i be outside his target demographic and to say the least . after see this film i will recognize him . he can act . he give a substantial and believable performance a the love soulmate of the county slut . the director be from memphis and and show reverence for his home region . he be also a fine story teller . and i must mention the music . i love blue and and the soundtrack for black snake moan be a veritable feast for a blue fan . i be write less coherently than usual because my enthusiasm for this movie be overcome my sentence structure . see this film and and i mean now .