Certainly the best first film ever by a musician crossing over to the acting world.
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11/09/02
8 Mile (2002)
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Reviews Counted:178
Fresh:132
Rotten:46
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: Even though the story is overly familiar, there's enough here for an engaging ride.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Controversial rapper Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers) makes his big screen debut with 8 MILE, a bracing drama directed by the increasingly audacious Curtis Hanson. Set in 1995 in the bleak,... [More]
Starring: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy
Director: Curtis Hanson
Reviews for 8 Mile
101 - 120 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
A movie that will capture the attention of anyone who remembers what it was like when music was a crucial component of their daily existence.
11/09/02
So paper thin that the former 'king of controversy' was able to cram the entire plot into one little crossover rap song that's currently playing at a radio station near you.
11/09/02
Packs as much humor, hard truth and vitality as the rapper's LPs.
11/08/02
A by-the-numbers storyline, complete with character actions that don't make a lick of sense because of how underdeveloped they are.
11/08/02
[Eminem] does a lot of things right. So does the movie.
11/08/02
The payoff comes after an hour and a half of a long, criminally tiresome setup.
11/08/02
Eminem steals the picture from a cast with snap down to the smallest parts.
11/08/02
8 Mile proves to be a bumpy, but entertaining ride.
11/08/02
What's most disappointing is the thoroughly cliched story.
11/08/02
Underwhelming.
11/08/02
Eminem, much to the dismay of his detractors, turns in a rather fine performance in 8 Mile, a flawed film that still manages to make a powerful point.
11/08/02
Both in film and music, he tantalizes us with autobiographical detail while dazzling us with wit, grit, insight, profane humor and mind-boggling wordplay.
11/08/02
The triumph here is that Hanson and screenwriter Scott Silver have found a fresh way to tell this story.
11/08/02
Funny, well-acted and surprisingly engaging.
11/08/02
Unfortunately, 8 Mile does waste a lot of time dawdling over just about everything else ... until it finally begins to sputter at about the 6 mile mark.
11/08/02
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11/08/02
8 Mile does everything it's designed to do.
11/08/02
Pop-music biopics have a great history, but 8 Mile is for Eminem fans only.
11/08/02
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