Some critics think so, and are saying that's why the movie hasn't sold.

Here's what Variety critic Todd McCarthy said about the film, which before it's premiere stirred up controversy because of a rape scene involving child star Dakota Fanning: ''Hounddog is an indigestible gumbo of Southern Gothic ingredients seasoned with snake oil, biblical hash, and thoroughly unpalatable spice. Aside from Fanning and the controversy, the film has nothing going for it commercially.''