The only thing that I can find remotely wrong with this movie is the dialog when the some of the characters lapse in to Louisiana backwater Cajun speak. It didn't wring true for some of them annunciation wise.But I did love the movie and the story. A tale of Illicit love in time when you were not allowed to love someone outside your race. Also a time when the secret of being in love with someone of the same sex was practically outlawed.Ruby Delacroix runs a backwater "Juke Joint", the kind of tavern where bluesy songs are sung in a smoky room, where people could dance close free, drink beer hard liquor and eat cat fish. Her restless husband Earl, who spends more time "away" than usual leaves Ruby trying not realize what she knows in her heart is true. They have one daughter Emerald, a bright eyed innocent who is blossoming into a curious young woman who wants more than just to stay in the segregated town but wants to experience everything even if it means her peril.After hurling insults at his wife, Earl leaves and Ruby is left to fend for her and her daughter alone. Enter, Billy Dupre, white, confident and burdened with a half insane wife that he cares for but does not love. Billy comes to sing in the black juke joint as the request of Ruby's band member and he is immediately smitten with Ruby. I will not give out any SPOILER'S, and hope that people will see this great movie and understand that Love happens no matter what barriers get in the way.The movie is well acted and nobody can cut an angry eye like Angela Bassett, you will also enjoy the music especially when Kevin Anderson sings "I'm In Love" with eyes trained on Ruby and doesn't give a crocodile's snarly teeth who sees him