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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   1   2/5 "Moan? You're more likely to be groaning - or possibly hooting with laughter at the implausibility of this messy, misogynistic melodrama."   Eye for Film   Amber Wilkinson C "If writer/director Craig Brewer were a member of the X-Men, he would be called 'FirstActo,' and his mutant power would be creating dynamic openings to movies. His enemy would be consistency."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf B+ "Brewer's hard-bitten drama isn't merely defiant; it spits fire at America's phony media-fed version of itself."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Rae's body-as-cliché remains intact, whether spilling out of her t-shirt or wrapped up in her little white wedding dress."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/4 "...compelling, surprisingly non-expoitative..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2/4 "Black Snake Moan is an odd little number. It tries to be a lot of things at different times, but isn't particularly successful in any genre."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B+ "Even at its most ludicrous, Black Snake Moan stays somehow believable. You think, 'I can't believe I'm buying this,' but the fact remains, you're buying it."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider "Snaps and crackles with comic verve"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce 3/4 "Daring, delusional and downright devilish, Black Snake Moan soaks in its molasses-driven melodrama with an unctuous confidence and biting creativity."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng B+ "Will make some people uncomfortable, but for many others it will be a giddily guilty pleasure."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3.5/4 "This is a bold follow-up to Hustle and Flow. Would that more filmmakers and actors took these kinds of risks."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/5 "This could all too easily be seen as an offensive conceit exploiting real-life sexual trauma for exaggerated screen imagery, but the film works because the performers make it feel real."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 1.5/4 "Elicits a potent desire to sponge off the sleaze."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 9/10 "[Craig Brewer] proves he can control atmosphere with the best of them."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 6/10 "Basically, the movie is an old-fashioned morality play, for all its lurid details."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 4/4 "If blues is an exorcism (as Muddy Waters once said), Black Snake Moan is pretty much The Exorcist."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B- "...pure southern sexploitation cut with equal measures of humor and heart. Christina Ricci just about eats the screen alive."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2.5/4 "The concept works better in esoteric theory than it does in actual practice."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "[N]owhere near as provocative as you think it's gonna be, as you've been led to believe it's gonna be... which is something of a disappointment."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson C- "The music in the film is terrific -- searing, gut-twisting wails of loss and despair...But The portrayal of Rae 's compulsive need for sex and of her always-perfect, always exposed little body is exploitive, more trashy than steamy."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 3.5/4 "The South isn't just in Craig Brewer's heart but underneath his fingernails as well."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 5/5 "Tells its screw-loose story in such a forthright manner and with such heedless and fearless energy that you won’t be able to take your eyes off the screen, even if you are busy rubbing them out of sheer disbelief."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/4 "Moody and full of atmosphere, this film has a terrific premise, but no plot to speak of. It's an intriguing character study, beautifully filmed and acted but ultimately somewhat empty."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline "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."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick B+ "[Brewer] takes fearsome advantage of the steaming sexuality and thick pulp on display, while underscoring it with a deep sense of intimacy."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "This is a strange, politically incorrect and controversial film. It defies all expectations."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "...a conventional yarn of salvation and redemption that benefits most from a daring, no holds barred performance by Christina Ricci."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4/5 "If you hunger for something off the safe, mainstream path, let Moan bewitch you with its unusual healing process."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 5/10 "Chaining people to your radiator is a Wrong Thing To Do. This is not the opinion of Black Snake Moan."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 6/10 Read review   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo Read review   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr.  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   1