8 Mile (2002)
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Genres: Drama, Music
Director: Curtis Hanson
MPAA Rating: R
Release Date: 8 November 2002 (Canada)
Country: USA | Germany
Clips courtsey of: Thanks to original artist.
Synopsis
A rap version of "Saturday Night Fever." B-Rabbit, a wannabe rapper from the wrong side of Detroit's 8 Mile, has problems: he dumps his girlfriend when she tells him she's pregnant; to save money to make a demo tape, he moves into his alcoholic mom's trailer; his job's a dead end, and he's just choked at the local head-to-head rap contest. Things improve when he meets Alex - an aspiring model headed for New York - and a fast-talking pal promises to set up the demo. Then new setbacks: Alex isn't faithful, mom rejects him, rifts surface with his friends, and he's mugged by rivals. Everything hinges on the next rap showdown at the club. Can B-Rabbit pull truth out of his cap?
Review
"8 Mile" is the new film that features controversial rapper Eminem in his
first starring role. The film itself is loosely based on his life growing
up in Detroit. Eminem plays Jimmy Smith, Jr. a.k.a. "Rabbit", a young man
who is struggling to make things better for himself through "battles", which
are freestyling rap contests that are usually held at a local nightclub.
Rabbit chokes when it is his turn to take the microphone for the first time.
His best friend, Future (Mekhi Phifer) is the host of these battles and
strongly believes Rabbit has potential, but the problem is that Future often
makes his decisions before consulting with Rabbit first. Rabbit's home life
is not much better. He's broke, has no place to live, he's stuck in a
dead-end job at a steel mill, and his girlfriend Janeane (Taryn Manning) has
fooled him into thinking that she is pregnant. Rabbit's mother (Kim
Basinger), is on the verge of being evicted from her home and is slutting
around with a man who is about the same age as her son. Things in Rabbit's
life take a turn for the better when he later falls in love with Alex
(Brittany Murphy), an aspiring young woman who dreams of becoming a model
and moving to New York to start life a new.
"8 Mile" certainly is a moving and very touching drama. Eminem proves here
that he really can act and in fact may have a future in motion pictures.
This does not mean we will be hearing him thanking his producer Paul
Rosenberg next year at the Oscars, but we can expect to him to receive a lot
of praise for future movie roles. It's quite obvious that some people will
not like "8 Mile", just because of Eminem's controversial history. The film
also has one of the best soundtracks I've heard in a long time. Eminem's
hit single "Lose Yourself" really does have a lot emotion put into it.
Eminem, since he burst onto the music scene in 1999 with his
critically-acclaimed/lambasted album "The Slim Shady LP", he has been met
with a lot of controversy, as well as praise. Despite the often humorous
content of his songs, there are many dark under tones in them as well. In
my opinion, too much has been made about his lyrics, most of which revolve
around topics like homophobia, murder, and his failed relationship with his
on/off wife, Kim. Despite all of this, I think that people have overlooked
the fact that he said the only thing that truly matters to him is his
daughter, Hailie Jade. Also, if people believed Eminem really was a
homophobic, do you still think he would have agreed to perform "Stan" with
Elton John?
As a longtime fan of Eminem and his music, I try not to let such criticisms
get to me, but sometimes you just have to say "What the hell? Are they
really necessary?" I don't think so. The problem is that people today are
just too biased when it comes to people like Eminem. He's not another
Vanilla Ice and "8 Mile" is not an attempt to cash in on his success like
"Cool As Ice" was.
I have a list of grievances that people need to realize about
Eminem:
- First of all, do not disrespect this man. I feel that many of the people
who hate Eminem have never actually listened to one of his songs. In my
opinion, they have only listened to small clips that have been played on
some discussion about his controversial lyrics. If you actually listened to
some of his songs, you'll realize that he is a very distraught young person
with a lot to say.
- Don't watch "8 Mile" with a predetermined mindset. People who have
already made up their minds about Eminem's talents are less likely to enjoy
themselves much more than people who believe in him.
- To non-believers, if Eminem really did not have any talent, like so many
people seem to think now, how is it that all of his records: "The Slim Shady
LP", "The Marshall Mathers LP", "Devils Night" (with group D-12) and "The
Eminem Show" together have grossed more than $12 million? I think that it
is a clear sign of TRUE TALENT.
- Also do you believe had Eminem been black and rapping about such
"controversial" subject matter, that he would be famous like he is now? No,
because most likely no one would dare even produce him. That said, I'm
African-American and I don't care that Eminem is white and is rapping about
such things.
- I think that too many people have made his race too big of an issue.
Eminem knows that he is white and will be nothing else. He does not display
to us a "thuggish" image that some people think that any rapper should have.
Also, he does not rap about the things that some people seem to think is
destroying rap music.
Eminem does have quite a future in store for him. I'm sure that we can
expect to be seeing a lot more of him later on.
Nudity overview
Celebrity Name: Brittany Murphy
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Timestamp:
Running time:00:02:13
Clip download link: Media:BrittanyMurphy-8Mile-HDTV.avi
File Size: 56.1 MB
Size(height x width): 1280x544
Have audio: Yes
Bit rate: 3512 kb/s
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