Paramount
2006 - Rated R - 1 hr 56 min
Director: Craig Brewer
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake
After the first time we saw this movie, we bought it. Now, watching it again for the first time in a while, I remember how much I enjoyed it. Did you know Samuel L. Jackson could sing the blues? You will after you see this movie.
There's a spiritual overtone to this movie that doesn't impede the characters' development, but rather enhances it. I never feel like Lazarus's rehab/confinement of Rae is for any other reason than that he sees someone who needs to understand love and what it is to love herself... not just sleep with everything that moves. The relationship that forms between them feels genuine and real. And it's also a lot of fun to watch them duke it out along the way.
Justin Timberlake is pretty good, too... so good you forget who he is for a bit. Not only does he act, but he does it well. His panic attacks seem real and painful - well done. And Christina Ricci is just insane in this. Even as a drugged up, strung out, half-naked sex addict, she manages to stay likeable. You're rooting for her character almost the whole time.
I really enjoyed watching this again and recommend it if you haven't yet seen it.
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