| Cast |
Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Cothran Jr., David Banner, Michael Raymond-James |
| Director |
Craig Brewer |
| Screenplay | Craig Brewer |
| Music | Scott Bomar |
| Cinematography | Amy Vincent |
| Editing | Billy Fox |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2006 |
| Produced by | Paramount Classics, New Deal Productions, Southern Cross the Dog Productions |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Medium
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Strong, frequent |
| Nudity | Some |
| Sex | Strong |
| Violence | Strong |
| Prejudice | Part of subject matter |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Powerful drama with intense emtions, themes and actions, but with ultimately positive ending. |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Zane Henry  Cuddly Jackson redeems a balmy film. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Mariana Malan Die blues-klankbaan is suiwer plesier. | 10 | |
| Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 12 |  |
| The Citizen Peter Feldman Black Snake Moan is a fascinating film, designed to resemble a B-grade exploitation flick but rising far above it. | 14 |  |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge The acting is superlative. | 15 | |
| BBC Stella Papamichael This is an unusually bold film, but it's also a morality tale that's riddled with hypocrisy and is frankly offensive. | 5 |  |
| Box Office Ray Greene A film filled with sly pleasures for those who can throttle their inner puritan to the floor long enough to find them. | 13 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert You have never seen a movie like this before. Then again, you may not hope to. | 15 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson Could the rest of 2007 possibly beget a movie as skeezy as Black Snake Moan? | 10 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli The film pushes more buttons than an elevator operator but, in the end, Black Snake Moan works to turn expectations upside down. | 18 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Ricci gives it her all, and then some, but even her body and Jackson's blues can't heal a movie that rockets plum off its nut. | 8 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs | 8 | |
| Metacritic.com 34 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 137 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The performances and killer soundtrack elevate the film beyond its premise. | 13 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 8988 Netizens Surprising movie with a good message. | 15 | |
Average .. 59% | 12 | |