8 Mile

Year: 2002

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Hanson

Review

the first scene is the worst and the last scene is the best so that’s a good thing. after the first five minutes, which were subpar, i forgot that eminem isn’t a real actor…it’s not that he was that great, but he did hold his ground and that was good to see. the love stuff didn’t get in the way of the movie too much and the ending wasn’t completely corny so the film was actually better than the high dvd sales and box office success would have you believe. because the movie was really only about one week in a wannabe rapper’s life it didn’t have the potential to become a picture about the greatness of eminem or a “look at me now” type of movie. instead it’s a more personal look at eminem as a regular guy and because it didn’t aim to inflate his image the film turned out to be…well, a film instead of vehicle for his superstardom. this wasn’t anywhere near the complete and utter failure that anti-eminem people would have liked it to be.