Yeah, the story's kind of unbelievable, but it's not quite as exploitative as I expected (Christina Ricci spends most of the film in her skivvies and shows off her snoobs a couple of times) but it's way more sad than it is scintillating. Her character's sexuality is so unhealthy, she's tempting in an animalistic, kinda gross way. So, it's not what you might expect.
Anyway, good performances all around, Samuel L. Jackson has a great blues voice and even MJ-wannabe Justin Timberlake does an alright job (he gets to do a lot more than just "Dick in a Box" with his character.)
A really enjoyable film with good music scenes and some surprises, it's definitely worth a rental and by more than just adolescent boys who wanna see Wednesday from The Addams Family get nasty in slow motion.
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This movie contains the guitar tone that makes me the most happy. I fucking love it. A giant love letter of a movie to RL Burnside, and the Fat Possum family. The Black Keys, Kenny Brown, Cedric Burnside, The Heartless Bastards.
It reminds me what I want blues in Wisconsin to be...not Westside Andy, and the jazzy crap. The rough stuff.
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