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Monday, May 26, 2003
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 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 a troubled youngster trying to find his place in a harsh, cruel world.
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crap!
alexis from Limerick, 10 Nov 2007
At no point did this get any better, start to finish a BIG disappointment - even with alchol in me!!
2 people out of 3 found this review helpful
rubbish
gerard from Dublin, 18 Jan 2008
I dont even know why i watched this crap, i hate eminem and i hate that rap music rubbish, good for teenage boys who have posters of eminem on there bedroom walls, otherwise avoid this muck.
1 people out of 2 found this review helpful
I liked it!
Ciaran from Dublin, 16 Apr 2008
In have to pipe up to disagree with the previous reviews - I really liked this and though Eminem did a very good job, albeit playing himself. Rap scenes were great and were the hi-light for sure. very entertaining and would watch again.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
Really nice
Rafael from Dublin, 14 Jun 2008
That's a really nice movie, I liked it a lot!
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