ever potential movie mustve sounded like work based reading script paper would one seemingly looks like lurid seedy softporn sm flick complete huge intheatre poster depicting nearnaked christina ricci chained none mr bad ass mf himself samuel jackson let tell you ever film springs life celluloid major big time soulful power spare craig brewers redemptive followup hustle  flow black snake moanbr br unashamedly top get go film sucks opening scenes proceeds dig deeper deeper every subsequent frame yer basic story two deeply damaged characters find strength courage move on notredflag ways lives done before course tale ive always said manner story told gives heart depth meaning powerbr br riccis damagedbychildhoodabuse wildchild character rae jacksons equally soulsick musician character lazarus find desperate circumstances laz takes upon try help rae relatively unique idea man trying genuinely help woman serious pain rather trying take advantage her know onset lazs heart films heart right place movie core redemptive healing power love with music close second film resonates profoundly truth  soulfully artfully brilliantlybr br a major reason film succeeds profoundly fierce committed performances ricci jackson scenes would come laughable pathetic lesser artists hands are instead powerful getout particular films arc scene jackson sings plays song title alone house ricci amidst serious thunderstorm abusive demons raes past running amok inside head leading crawl lazarus cling leg comes ridiculous technically should rather gutwrenchingly cathartic br br all supporting performances fantastic too justin timberlake completely believable raes anxietyridden boyfriend ronnie alwayswonderful s epatha merkerson also perfectly cast character obviously feelings lazarus john cothran jr outstanding well lazs reverend friend rl a nod blues musician r l burnside doubt everything works movie lets face it including musicsoundtrack features burnside scott bomar bobby rush son house importantly jackson himself whose fantastic version stackolee listening compose review theres also really beautiful moving version this little light mine featured film sung heartbreakingly tentative soft riccibr br samuel jackson said recent interviews believes performance movie best career thus far could agree more work monumentally proud of along everyone else involved audacious supremely wise deeply heartfelt motherucker project