This is a bit of an odd film. Christina Ricci plays a nymphomaniac whose boyfriend leaves to join the army. While he's gone, she can't help but throw herself at various men in the small town they live in. Meanwhile, Samuel L Jackson is a farmer and blues guitarist whose wife has recently left him. For his brother. One night, Ricci's character takes plenty of drugs and ends up being beaten and left for dead on the side of the road. Right outside Jackson's farm. He takes her in and helps her to get well. Then he chains her to a cast-iron radiator and says he's going to cure her of her 'sickness'. Eventually, he realises he can't keep her captive and lets her go, but she stays with him and they become friends. Then Ricci's boyfriend comes back after being kicked out of the army.
The ending is a bit crap, but the soundtrack is excellent - apparently Jackson learnt to play the guitar for the movie, and his voice sounds brilliant belting out the blues, plus he's one cool mofo, which helps. Ricci excels at playing the slut (for most of the first half of the movie, she wears a crop top, panties and a chain).
It's OK, but I won't be rushing to watch it again.
My rating: 6.9 / 10
IMDB rating: 7.2 / 10
Running time: 116 mins
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