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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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong language, sexuality, some violence and drug use

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Nov 8, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $116,638,030

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,... 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, urban battle zone of Detroit, the film follows the struggles of a young man who is desperate to make a better life for himself. Jimmy Smith, Jr., better known as Rabbit, is destined for a life of squalor. Living in a cramped trailer with his deadbeat mom (Kim Basinger), Rabbit works in a factory to make ends meet. His only outlet is hip-hop. Possessing a talent for freestyle rapping, Rabbit still hasn't managed to unleash his true potential. But his best friend, Future (Mekhi Phifer), is determined to make that happen. Future forces Rabbit to enter a freestyle battle that he blew the week before, giving him another chance at redemption. Hanson's stellar portrait of lower-class urban disillusionment, shot with uncompromisingly gritty realism by Rodrigo Prieto, proves that the issue is no longer about race, it's about money. Eminem delivers a bold performance as the troubled youngster who is still trying to find his place in a harsh, cruel world. [More]

Starring: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy

Starring: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Eugene Byrd, Taryn Manning, Omar Benson Miller, De'Angelo Wilson, Michael Shannon, Evan Jones, Chloe Greenfield, Xzibit

Director: Curtis Hanson

Director: Curtis Hanson
Screenwriter: Scott Silver
Producer: Brian Grazer, Curtis Hanson, Jimmy Iovine
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Apr 14, 2009

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Blu-ray Disc Features:

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  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • DTS 5.1 Surround French, Spanish
  • DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette: The Making of 8 Mile

Music Video:

  • 1. Exclusive Rap Battles - Uncensored
  • 2. Superman Music Video - Uncensored
 
 
 
 

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

As unlikely as an insightful and riveting film about a poor white Detroit kid succeeding beyond his surroundings through Rap music might be, "8 Mile" is that gloriously gritty movie.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/19/09
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

... Rocky with a rap beat ....

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04/13/09
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
DVD Review

You can't stop him or crop him/He's in widescreen and large/He ain't playing when he's baggin' Curtis Hanson for Sarge... [Blu-ray]

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03/30/09
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

Ends on a high note, but it doesn't negate the tedium of the number of false and mostly flat ones that precede it.

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01/29/09
Michael Dequina
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10/29/08
Steven D. Greydanus
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10/18/08
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11/01/07
David Ansen
Newsweek
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The film is really no more than a two-hour prelude to a climax in which our hero ... rhythmically tells people off.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment 2 Comments
07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

When the climactic rap battle takes place, it's one of the most mesmerizing scenes from all of 2002.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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N/R

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01/26/06
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01/04/06
Steven Snyder
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12/06/05
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01/15/05
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer

The movie doesn’t feel authentic and I think it’s because of all the white folks involved.

Full Review Source: Bangitout.com | comment 3 Comments
12/06/04
Jordan Hiller
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05/19/04
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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03/16/04
Apollo Guide

Eminem does a credible roughed-up urban ghetto impression of James Dean

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02/10/04
Dan Jardine
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