Who You Know That's In It: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake (N*SYNC), That guy from True Blood Season 1
Tagline: To save his soul he must save hers.
RottenTomatoes Rating: 66%
Quote: Lazarus: God put you in my path and I aim to cure you of your wicked ways.
Summary: Old black guy get left by his wife so when he is presented with the opportunity to chain up a slutty white girl, he takes it. He shows her the evilness of her ways and in return she shows him how to live again.
Review: Surprisingly this is not a porn. Yes, Christina Ricci's character is very slutty, but there is nothing dirty about her being chained up to a radiator.
I saw someone online question what "era" this was set in. Being born and raised in the South I had to laugh. It looked pretty dang modern to me. Well, as modern as the Dirty South gets. It was completely believable that some old, blues-playin' farmer Christian man would try to reform a Confederate flag wearing town slut. And of course there is a preacher and lovely country accents. The setting was perfect and maybe the film could only work in the South, where time has slowed down. I cannot picture a film where a slutty white girl is chained in a man's house in LA if it does not involve either graphic sex or disturbing violence.
You'll love it if... You like the South and don't get offended by racism or sexism.
You'll hate it if... You are a prude
Review by: Lara M. Carvin
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