Surprisingly a good movie.

Rating: Null/10 (19 December 2007)

At first I thought this would be a low rate movie, being that Justin Timberlake was in it, but dam, he can really act. Seriously, he's like a pro. The boy's got talent. Overall, the movie was good. I only gave it an 8 cause I felt some parts of it required better closure,... like the incident with the guy that beat Ray in the truck. He deserved far worse for what he did to her. The music was really good, I haven't heard blues like that in awhile, and now I remember why I love blues music. Blues is transcending when you get it, when it's in the right perspective. Some people will never get it, which surprises me; but understand the essence of it. Happiness can be faked, but not the blues, not sadness, not suffering, you can't fake that. That's what I got from this movie. And, I also got a totally different opinion about Justin Timberlake, there's much more to him than what I first thought. He is quite a good actor. Samuel L. Jackson, of course, goes without saying, was superb. A 10 triple A Actor. Ricci also did a superb job, heheh no pun intended. Her acting is also flawless,...well the singing was a bit scary, that's okay, it fit the character. And, lastly, the tone on that guitar was deadly, whew,...I've never heard a Les Paul sound that good. Sure it wasn't a Fender ? Peavey Amplifier LOL, never heard a Peavey amp sound like that either. Okay, so Samuel ain't much of a singer either but it all blended rather well. Great movie.