This is the kind of movie where a man shows a woman how to act like a woman. The problem here is that it somehow assumes that a male chaining up a woman is anything other than a form of abuse. WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA? I could not even watch the full movie because I was so annoyed. As a rape victim, this disgusted me. It is never OK to treat a woman like this.This movie guises itself as a coming of age drama, but really, It was just meant for men to get off on. I see no other usage for this film than sexual fantasy fodder, and affirmation that women need men. Even worse this is his spiritual duty. It's some crazy Christian propaganda. Women's sexual freedom bad!! SINFUL!! Male dominance good, control that nasty out of control WOMAN!! Wear the clothes I THINK are appropriate, Act the way I think is appropriate. This is a movie constructed from gibberish with no moral other than "BEHAVE WOMAN!"

Very amusing plot w strong cinematography, acting, and historical context etc. However, the white male director created two protagonists - a white female nymphomaniac and a black male blues singer / guitarist. Representations were well rounded yet traumatic and normative at multiple points in the movie. Ranked highly for execution and replay value. I wish black women were better represented in the movie, -: they are largely absent. Also, this movie certainly has the capability to transitive or trigger viewers sensitive to sexual assault, violence, depression, and / or racism and classicism. I really enjoyed how the film was set in the South. i was born in Atlanta and it made me wanna move back. Also Samuel Jackson looks fly as hell with tha gold teef.

Actually I wasn't sure what to expect after seeing the poster for this flick,but this isn't what I'd call a "run of the mill" Samuel L Jackson movie.Not by a long chalk. But that is in no way a bad thing here.What we have here is the story of how complete opposites can,once in a while,help each other through life's misfortunes.Mississippi farmer (Jackson) is going through a break up of his marriage and,after a night on the booze,wakes up to find sex and drug addicted Christina Ricci,battered and unconscious on his driveway. As Jackson explains later,calling the police to explain a black guy has found a young white girl beaten half to death on his property would be a bad move,so he does what any decent law abiding and caring citizen would do..............CHAINS HER TO A RADIATOR IN HIS HOUSE!!.I won't say any more to give anything away,but if you want to see Mr Jackson do something a little different from his usual roles then give this a try.There are solid performances from all involved,including Justin Timberlake as Ricci's equally troubled boyfriend.For those who wish to know there are sex scenes almost from the get go,so make sure the kids are safely tucked up in bed!! And it really wouldn't be a Jackson movie without him spouting a few "motherf*****S" somewhere so you won't be disappointed there.Oh and one final thing....... Mr Jackson plays a mean blues guitar in this movie. Now I really wasn't expecting THAT!! Enjoy

(57%) First off straight away the movie doesn't work, it leans too heavily into exploitation sleaze as well as lacking real substance for it to be in any way a thoughtful drama, and it's not entertaining enough, and dare I say it, too well made/performed for it to be truly fun drive-in movie throwback. What comes painfully close to saving this movie is Mr Samuel L. Jackson giving one of his better performances yet, he really is superb; while Christina Ricci puts out a no holding back performance of a character who wouldn't be out of place in a 1970's softcore sex picture with the direction almost ogling her largely semi-nude screen time at every opportunity. For the performances alone this is just about worth a look, but it's not a repeat watch or something that needs to be seen.