8 Mile

Nathan Rabin

Scott Silvers script follows a familiar arc that takes the rapper from humiliation and self doubt to triumph and self confidence, but the films absolute conviction keeps it from feeling formulaic. ( Read More )

Its invigorating to watch such distinctive characterisations in what is essentially a formulaic premise. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

On the one hand, a Detroit white boy embracing the emblems of poverty and performing in a musical genre that involves complaint, anger and alienation. ( Read More )

Barbara Ellen

8 Mile 15, 110 min IN 8 MILE, THE LATEST film from Curtis Hanson (LA Confidential, Wonder Boys), Eminem plays Jimmy Smith Jr, aka B. Rabbit, a fledgeling rapper who tries to transcend his grimy existence with bouts of white hot rhyming at open mike sessions at a down and dirty club called The Shelter. ( Read More )

Ken Hanke

Well, I suppose that depends on your fondness for grubby rags to riches stories without the riches, since the quasi autobiographical story line stops short of Eminem making it big, or indeed making it at all.Some of the movies detractors have likened it to a hip hop Rocky, but you can find its well worn template a lot closer to home. ( Read More )