Film Comment
"[Ricci is] the white-hot focal point of Brewster's loud, brash, encompassing vision of the soul's dark night survived, peering into the dawn." 01/01/2007 p.72-73Premiere
"The blues here plays the role of an elemental force that can summon our deepest fears and rankest desires....[A] provocative picture..." 03/01/2007 p.44-45 Box Office
"[I]t's a film filled with sly pleasures....It marks Brewer as a much more interesting filmmaker..." 03/01/2007 p.58 USA Today
3 stars out of 4 -- "The film is carried to significant degree by Samuel L. Jackson....The new lean/mean Ricci may remind you of Susan Sarandon." 06/29/2007 p.10E Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "Sweaty, dirty and grimy it may be, just like the music that powers it, but underlying BLACK SNAKE MOAN is a rather sweet story." 06/01/2007 p.110 | 
