Black Sanke Moan

Rating: 6/10 (10 June 2007)

The trailer of this movie was impressive. It surely showed that the theme of the movie might be different. It also showed unusual images that are never seen before on screen. Let me unfold the story for you first.
The story is about two lead characters, first Lazarus (Samuel Jackson) who is a god fearing person, ditched by his wife; second, Rae (Christina Ricci) who is madly in love with her boy friend Ronnie (Justin Timberlake), but insanely seeks love and sex in Ronnie's absence (due to childhood abuse)  who has gone to serve in the Army. By circumstances badly beaten up Rae lands up near the farm of Lazarus who shelters her. But finding Rae's intense sexual urgings literally chains her in his house, and showers immense amount of care and love to therapeutically cure Rae from seeking sexual gratification of her desires. When Ronnie half-way leaves the Army and comes back, he suspects an relationship between this two characters, but on knowing the truth  the story ends happily by Rae and Ronnie getting married and Rae using Lazarus's love to cure Ronnie's fears.
The setting seems to be in the hot Texas region. The Director Craig Brewer has managed to come every time with an innovative story line (in all his last 5 directorial ventures). The language is too American with regional lingo, and at times becomes difficult to grasp. The script is tight and the story is told with an uneven pace  sometimes holds high interest, whereas sometimes slows down to artistic cinema. There are strong early scenes of sex and nudity to depict the crazy life of Rae. I found the slight bent of Lazarus character towards religion a bit too clichéd  without a moral and ethical angle of religion, the director could have let Lazarus' character be neutral and intensely human.
The music  especially the guitar chords are brilliantly played and that gives the depiction a different but interesting shade.
For me, who am from the eastern culture  India; such movie experiences are a bit too shocking. Just to imagine that people in America  especially young boys and girls  live their lives with such irresponsible sexual orientation, leaves me disturbed and amused.
But a unique film experience to watch.
(Stars 6.5 out of 10)