Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants Jul 2, 2021

Brewer seems content to just throw all of these things at the screen and then... not very much else, really

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Nov 24, 2020 8/10

A nearly indefinable blend of pulpy guilty pleasures.

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Troy Patterson Spin Oct 25, 2019 1/4

Writer/director Craig Brewer has whipped up a controversy magnet that will make some fans of his first film, Hustle & Flow, retract anything they said in defense of its depiction of women.

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Ellie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) Jun 6, 2019 3/4

Worth seeing for Sam Jackson alone, but one wonders what someone like Quentin Tarantino or Robert Rodriguez would have done with this material.

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Kaleem Aftab The List Nov 3, 2018 3/5

Brewer uses these plot machinations to investigate ideas of race, religion and redemption in a way that for most of the film's running time is unusually riveting.

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Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) Aug 23, 2017

. . .I still can't decide if the film is serious or not. If it is, this causes some major problems, since the morality it espouses is nuts.

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Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Aug 27, 2009

Snaps and crackles with comic verve

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 29, 2009 3/4

With excellent performances, plays on morality and sexual behavior, Brewer composes another surefire classic.

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Tom Meek Boston Phoenix Apr 23, 2009 1.5/4

Craig Brewer, the promising director who hit it with Hustle and Flow, seems to harbor a need to exorcise his white burden through films centered on black music.

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Brian Marder Hollywood.com Nov 20, 2008 3/5

Brewer knows his music, and how to make it the center of a story; if he only did a better job filling in the rest of the blanks, this might've worked.

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Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film Jun 13, 2008 2/5

Moan? You're more likely to be groaning - or possibly hooting with laughter at the implausibility of this messy, misogynistic melodrama.

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JoBlo JoBlo's Movie Network Feb 1, 2008 6/10

I did expect there to be a stronger emotional connection between Ricci and Jackson, but that said, the two actors were impressive to watch.

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Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Dec 7, 2007 2.5/5

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Sandie Angulo Chen Common Sense Media Oct 31, 2007 3/5

Pulpy Southern immorality tale is for adults only.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Sep 27, 2007 5/10

Chaining people to your radiator is a Wrong Thing To Do. This is not the opinion of Black Snake Moan.

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Rob Humanick Projection Booth Sep 15, 2007 A-

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.

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Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Jul 28, 2007

Deception, freedom and redemption all weave themselves into a moody tale that holds our attention for most of the time, compounded by Ricci's striking performance and waif-like appearance

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John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis Jun 29, 2007 6/10

Basically, the movie is an old-fashioned morality play, for all its lurid details.

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Brian Webster Apollo Guide Jun 25, 2007 82/100

A fascinating, colourful, sometimes outrageous film that succeeds because it was built on a solid foundation.

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