| 8 Mile Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 2/4) |
| I have heard a couple of Eminem songs. My impression of this rap singer is
summed up in one line in this film when he refers to a homosexual in both candid
and politically correct terms. In other words, I sense Eminem's purpose is to
address society's...more |
| 8 Mile Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B) |
| It's a plus for any film that can bring the
audience something that they normally do not see,
yet can likely appreciate. And, in this case, it
is the art of poetry slam and the fascinating
subculture that revolves around it. more |
| 8 Mile Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| The accessibility of this appeal will depend to some extent on your
receptivity to the medium, which is that bugaboo of anybody over thirty, rap
music. Or rap -- music, it seems to me, hasn't got much to do with it. Rap is
rhyming street poetry to...more |
| 8 Mile Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
A white kid blue-collar working at a factory, while living in a trailer with his
mom and little sister, has dreams of making it as a rapper. Hanging out with his
black buddies and the happenin' clubs, the dude seems to have everything going
against...more |
| 8 Mile Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "8 MILE" (Universal Pictures)
You don't have to be into rap music to appreciate the raw, visceral
authenticity of Eminem's fictionalized biography. Named after a road that serves
as a physical and psychological boundary...more |
| 8 Mile Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| 8 Mile is a highway in Detroit, a dividing line that, ostensibly,
separates
the haves from the have-nots, the blacks from the whites. Jimmy Smith Jr.
(hip-hop
artist Eminem, making his big screen debut in the appropriately named "8
Mile")
is a...more |
| 8 Mile Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3/4) |
| Rating out of 4 stars: 3
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Universal Pictures/Imagine Entertainment
Director: Curtis Hanson
Writer: Scott Silver
Cast: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer,
Eugene Byrd, Taryn Manning
Screened at: Loews 34th St.,...more |
| 8 Mile Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C) |
| 8 MILE (director: Curtis Hanson; screenwriter: Scott Silver; cinematographer:
Rodrigo Prieto; editors: Craig Kitson/Jay Rabinowitz; music: Eminem; cast:
Eminem (Jimmy Smith Jr./Rabbit), Taryn Manning (Janeanne), Anthony Mackie (Papa
Doc), Kim Basinger...more |
| 8 Mile Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B) |
| Jimmy Smith Jr. (Marshall "Eminem" Mathers III), AKA hip-hop aspiring B.
Rabbit, lives within the 8 Mile Road loop of Detroit that separates the
suburban middle class neighborhoods from the inner city. His poet's soul
lives under the yoke of a trailer...more |
| 8 Mile Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| In the singers-who-can't-act sweepstakes, Britney Spears (CROSSROADS) is still
on top, edging out Eminem, who is about on par with Mariah Carey (GLITTER). His
acting in 8 MILE, directed by Curtis Hanson (WONDER BOYS), consists of a single
sad glare. more |
| 8 Mile Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B) |
| Future (Mekhi Phifer, "O") knows his buddy Jimmy Smith Jr. (Eminem)
has a genius for rap but Jimmy has to prove it to the people of the streets
before he can aspire to cross the Detroit boundary that separates the
haves from the have-nots known as "8...more |
| 8 Mile Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 6/10) |
| The third "8" movie to be released in the last four months (a fourth - Adam
Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights - bows at the end of November), 8 Mile is an
ambitious hodgepodge of Purple Rain, Cool As Ice, Slam, and Breakin' 2:
Electric Bugaloo. While it's...more |
