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Black Snake Moan
Directed by
Craig Brewer
R
2006
1h 56m
Drama
,
Music
6.9
66%
69%
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A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.
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Cast of Black Snake Moan
Christina Ricci
Rae
Samuel L. Jackson
Lazarus
Justin Timberlake
Ronnie Morgan
S. Epatha Merkerson
Angela
John Cothran
Reverend R. L.
David Banner
Tehronne
Michael Raymond-James
Gill
Adriane Lenox
Rose Woods
Kim Richards
Sandy
Neimus K. Williams
Lincoln
Leonard L. Thomas
Deke Woods
Ruby Wilson
Mayella
Claude Phillips
Bojo
Amy Lavere
Jesse
Clare Grant
Kell
Jeff Pope
Batson
Charles 'Skip' Pitts
Charlie
Willie Hall
Pinetop
John Malloy
Gene
T.C. Sharpe
Archie
John Still
Herman
Jared Hopkins
Auto Worker
Tosh Newman
Conner
Cody Block
Bryan
Benjamin Rednour
Guardsman
Carnell Pepper
Melvin
David Chapman
Red
Jo Lynne Palmer
Ella Mae
John Pickles
Arty
Kim Justis
Waitress
Cedric Burnside
Self
Dhonna Harris Goodale
Dancer / Barmaid (uncredited)
Craig Brewer
Director / Writer
Stephanie Allain
Producer
John Singleton
Producer
Black Snake Moan Ratings & Reviews
Dave
March 31, 2025
There was no black snake and definetly not one moaning.
Jose Perez
June 22, 2025
Best of Samuel Jackson
AV Club
Nathan Rabin
Pitched uncomfortably but compellingly between homage and exploitation in its big-hearted exploration of the steamiest corners of black life.
UGO
Brian Tallerico
You have to throw all reason and logic out the window and just feel the groove this movie's laying down.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
The movie strolls right past absurdity into offensiveness, by trying to pass this pulp nonsense off as noble art.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
This is the kind of movie that's best enjoyed as a stylized fantasy, much like Brewer's most obvious model, Elia Kazan's Southern-fried Tennessee Williams adaptation Baby Doll.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Humid and overwrought, with Ricci working at fever pitch and Jackson bringing fire, brimstone and some passable blues licks to the equation, Black Snake Moan is no polite little indie thing, and certainly no formulaic studio exercise.
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Black Snake Moan is a trip to that unfamiliar territory well worth tagging along on.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
It's a steamy, searing saga of rigorous redemption confronting creepy Southern seediness. But it's not nearly the wake-up call it could have been.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
It's an exploitation film fraught with faux-sincerity, and ultimately it's utterly ridiculous.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Having established his characters and built their bond, having cooked up a sense of place so strong you can taste it, Brewer can't find anywhere in particular to go. Suddenly he brings a gun into the mix, then takes an awkward Dr. Phil turn.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
An engorged melodrama meant to evoke the dark passions of country blues, Black Snake Moan often comes off like Britney Spears singing Skip James.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Black Snake Moan is a myth-and-reconciliation story with outlandish scenes meant to make you laugh, make you uncomfortable. Both.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
Black Snake Moan is thick with Tennessee sweat and grit and the sound of insects. And it takes an overwrought, steamy path to what at least feels like a moral cautionary tale.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Any movie that can make Samuel L. Jackson convincing as a great Memphis bluesman must be doing something right.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Had the old black man and the young white chick gotten it on, I think some audiences might have exploded. Perhaps sensing this, Black Snake Moan backs off, giving us a neat and clean Hallmark card ending.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
This one is a stunner, sure to send people out into the streets afterwards arguing in love-it-or-hate-it caterwauls bystanders will be able to hear halfway down the street.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
I love the way that both Samuel Jackson and Christina Ricci take chances like this, and the way that Brewer creates characters of unbelievable forbearance.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
In spite of Amelia Vincent's toothsome cinematography and the down-home locations, the movie often has the lumbering, literal-minded rhythms of a second-rate stage play -- not a moan or a howl, but a slow, anxious groan.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
[Writer-director Craig Brewer] displays a real passion for the music and a knack for using it to create mood. But it's not enough to overcome the thinness of his characters or the greeting card sentiment that pulls the rug out from what came before.
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Black Snake Moan
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Christina Ricci On Rae
Christina Ricci On Rae
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Stephanie Allain-Producer
Stephanie Allain-Producer
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Justin Timberlake On Ronnie
Justin Timberlake On Ronnie
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Samuel L. Jackson On Lazarus
Samuel L. Jackson On Lazarus
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Craig Brewer-Writer And Director
Craig Brewer-Writer And Director
Interview
Black Snake Moan Scene: Unchained
Black Snake Moan Scene: Unchained
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Black Snake Moan Scene: I Gotta Leave
Black Snake Moan Scene: I Gotta Leave
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Black Snake Moan Scene: The Dress Shop
Black Snake Moan Scene: The Dress Shop
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Black Snake Moan Scene: You're Safe Now
Black Snake Moan Scene: You're Safe Now
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Black Snake Moan Scene: Lazarus On Stage
Black Snake Moan Scene: Lazarus On Stage
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Black Snake Moan Scene: What's Your Heaven?
Black Snake Moan Scene: What's Your Heaven?
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Black Snake Moan Scene: Why You Got Me Chained?
Black Snake Moan Scene: Why You Got Me Chained?
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