The life of Rae, a young beautiful girl, whose lover leaves her to join the military, has been changed completely, as she makes her mind and goes to the wild, where she was about to die.
The characters never connect, and the movie never takes off. Rae may be the one sporting a padlock around her waist. But it's the movie that's shackled.
Boston Phoenix
April 23, 2009
Craig Brewer, the promising director who hit it with Hustle and Flow, seems to harbor a need to exorcise his white burden through films centered on black music.
This is the kind of movie that's best enjoyed as a stylized fantasy, much like Brewer's most obvious model, Elia Kazan's Southern-fried Tennessee Williams adaptation Baby Doll.
Cinema Crazed
April 29, 2009
With excellent performances, plays on morality and sexual behavior, Brewer composes another surefire classic.
