Poorly developed, 8mm is anything but a pretty picture.
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09/17/08
8MM (1998)
13
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:1
Rotten:7
Average Rating:3.5/10
Consensus: Its sadistic violence is unappealing and is lacking in suspense and mystery.
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Nicholas Cage plays Tom Welles, a straight-laced surveillance specialist. His innocent, naive world begins to unravel when he is hired by the widow of an industrialist to investigate what she has... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener
Director: Joel Schumacher
Reviews for 8MM
1 - 7 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticThere's no faulting Cage's committed, intense performance, but his slide from professional, internalised concern into personal, self-righteous rage still leaves a nasty aftertaste.
01/26/06
Top CriticThe film never really gets under the skin of its central character.
01/01/00
Top CriticA movie that keeps jumping the gate and finally unravels all over the floor.
07/22/08
Top CriticGiven that Schumacher and his cohorts have reasons of their own for wanting to make this film, they may be the only people who end up liking it.
02/14/01
Top CriticJoel Schumacher's Eight Millimeter delves into the perverse underworld of the pornography business, shocking audiences with the realization that sex and violence can be so dull.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe major reason this film ultimately fails is miscasting.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt is a real film. Not a slick exploitation exercise with all the trappings of depravity but none of the consequences. Not a film where moral issues are forgotten in the excitement of an action climax.
01/01/00
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