An odd blues film

Rating: 6/10 (2 April 2010)

A weird story about a former blues man, now a farmer, in his mid-life (his wife left him for his brother!) and his faith's crisis who find a young nymphomaniac girl, abandoned nearby his farm, beaten and almost dead, bring her at his home and keep her chained to control her and fight against her sexual appetite. Very convincing performance from Jackson as Lazarus (maybe his finest among with these in Pulp Fiction and A time to Kill) and an impressive and mature from Ricci as Rae, once an abused child, now a fully emotional and immoral nympho. The whole script looks like a dark fairy tale (with happy ending even though this couldn't help the movie to get any success in theaters) about hope, faith and blues of course (incredible scene where Lazarus plays his guitar in a rainy, full of thunders night and his his "personal" passport to find peace and faith hold tight his foot). Strange enough to find it great but overall an interesting experience