Very good movie, a surprise for me

Rating: 9/10 (10 June 2007)

OK, so I'm an European that doesn't really appreciate all that struggle between black and white people in the USA. When I went to watch it I was sure it was supposed to be about differences between white and black, and it somehow is. In a bad way, but it gets saved by the religious thing that surrounds this film. Ricci is a nympho and she has a boyfriend that goes in the army (another cliché that i don't appreciate, but hell, I love Green Day and that song "Wake me up when September comes"). It's really good to see that war is introduced in a story that doesn't show the war. I am really pleased about this. Now. Samuel does his job very good, like every other film i've seen with him, I just love the actor. He can play the role of a black man at the country side as he can play one in a big city. You will love how he plays in this movie. Justin... well he did his best, a bit more of that redneck accent would've been better, but remember, this is a white guy that tries to be a black man in his music so you can't really blame him. Ricci... what can I say? Great body, great performance, not so great face but nonetheless, she played the hell out of her role. I would give her an Oscar for her performance. Overall, the film is about a guy that leaves to join the army, leaves his nympho girlfriend home and she just goes wild (what did you expect?), that ends up saved by a black old man that just split up with his wife. No sex between them, even though at some scenes I was like "omg, Samuel, just hit that!!!!". I was happy to see that whoever wrote the script had common sense. Even though I don't like all this struggle between black and white that keeps getting on the big screens all over the world. I gave it a 9, very good movie, great soundtrack (even if you don't like blues, you'll love it) but I couldn't give it a 10 because of the cliché about differences between black and white in America. That's all I could find bad in this film. Enjoy it, it will surprise you.