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8 Mile Movie Review
8 Mile Review
"8 Mile" Overview
Rating: R
2002
Cast and Crew
Director : Curtis HansonProducer : Curtis Hanson,Brian Grazer,Jimmy Iovine
Screenwiter : Scott Silver
Starring : Eminem,Kim Basinger,Brittany Murphy,Mekhi Phifer,Eugene Byrd
What up, dawg? Rolled wit my boys to the 8 Mile screening to see my homey
Eminem’s new movie. Man, that shiznit was off da hook. At first, I was
worried that Eminem might sell out, 'cuz I seen him everywhere talkin’ about
this movie, man. He showed the love on MTV’s Movie House, and was on the cover
of my father’s Entertainment Weekly wearin’ boxing gloves. But no worries,
this ain't no Glitter II. Em kept his cool, and his new movie was straight
dope.
Word.
The movie starts with a freestyle rap battle, which is kind of like a boxing
match held during a taping of Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam. Eminem’s the
challenger, but he backs down without rapping, and loses. It looks like he’s
got stage fright, but I know better. Eminem’s not scared of nothing.
People call Eminem a lot of different things in this movie, like Rabbit or
Bunny Rabbit, which is confusing. Then I remember he likes to take on new
personalities all the time, like Slim Shady or Stan, the obsessed fan who tied
up his pregnant wife, threw her in the trunk of a car and then drove off a
bridge. That was awesome. So I guess Rabbit is just another identity for Em.
Whatevs.
The middle of the movie covers Em’s life on 8 Mile, a nasty-ass stretch of
run-down buildings in Detroit that separates the poor areas from the rich
areas. Detroit’s cool because Kid Rock and Eminem are from there. When I save
up enough money, I’m gonna go. Em hangs out with a cool crew who are funny and
smart. They all tell Eminem, uh Rabbit, that he’s the best rapper in the
world, and think that once he lets people know about his skills, he’ll be the
hottest star in the world.
Until then, Em has to keep workin’ at a factory, which sux. That’s where he
meets Alex, who’s played by that girl who says “I’ll never tell” in the trailer
for that movie. Except here she wears trashy outfits and talks real dirty.
She’s awesome, and she loves to have sex. Eminem does her in the back of the
factory. Yo, I need to get me a woman like that. Bring her home to meet my
mom.
Speaking of moms, Eminem’s old lady lives in a trailer park and dates a redneck
who used to go to Eminem's, uh Rabbit’s, school. She’s played by the hot old
lady from Bless the Child, which was so bad. In this movie, she swears in
front of her youngest daughter and smokes and drinks constantly, which was
cool. She’s waiting for her boyfriend’s settlement check to come in so she can
pay the rent. She’s always tellin’ Em what to do, and sayin’ his life ain’t
worth crap. “Biotch, look in the mirror sometime,” is what I’m sayin’ to her.
She also talks with a Southern accent the entire time, which is stupid. She’s
supposed to be from Detroit, which is in, like, New England or something.
Anyway, the movie ends with another battle, and Eminem finally gets to rap and
show us why his friends think he’s so dope. One guy called Slim “Leave it to
Beaver” and said he raps like Vanilla Ice. But Em gets to embarrass this posse
of player-haters on stage, and everybody in the theater started clapping and
yelling. It was the best.
On our way out, some old men with pens and notebooks in their hands were
talkin’ outside the theater about 8 Mile. They said Eminem had a lot of screen
presence, and talked about the director’s ability to capture the poverty of
metro Detroit. One old dude kept talking about Eminem’s come-from-behind
mentality, and another raved about the energy powering the inspired rap
battles. They all kept repeating the name Tony Manero over and over, but I
didn’t know who that was, so I left.
Whatever, dawg. I don’t care. I just need to get me to a pay phone so I can
call up TRL and request “Lose Yourself” from the movie soundtrack. I’m gonna
dedicate it to my girl Kelly in Paramus, because she’s so hot and she loves to
listen to Eminem when we’re hangin’ out at the mall, yo. True dat.
And one for my homies.
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Review by Sean O'Connell 
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screen name:
janinebustin 
( 6)
posted on 11/12/2005 17:19
i have everything about you i even have 8mile too
screen name:
janinebustin ( 6)
posted on 11/12/2005 17:18
dear eminem i got got some rap lerics of my own can you please read
them at least ive got every picture of you on my wall ive got
all your cds ive got all your pictures on my computer my room
is eminem mania i even shaved my head like you and everything i
died my hair dark blond everybody i know said i look like you
without my nose ring in i even dressed like you 2 years in a row
for halloween ive even got your tukes and everything your cd cases
too all your song books from your cds too im a majior fan of
you yo if anybody knows me well enough im about raping and im
about music if you dont know me dont be like trying to say you know me
im about eminem music to my whole about me is about me of corse
i like eminem hes hot yo im 5'3 from etown dont be trying to diss
me yo i like jay-z ice cube dmx nelly i like rap cds im all about rap
oviously you can tell cause im raping about me i weigh 120lbs yo im
not hot or ugly im just a person ive been picked on all my life
by miranda parelle shes bullyed me since i was in elamentry threw
high school too my other bully was jennifer vandale and joathan her
brother you gotta understand i want the bullying to be stoped cause im
tried of being chased and bullyed and being picked on im tired of runing
and hideing im just a girl for heven sakes i rather be put threw my
life the way it was made but i rather not be bullyed and picked
on i liked my life after i meet a sweet guy named scott winer
he is such a sweetie i loved him for 11 years before i
wouldnt give up on my life cause ive worked so hard on it to
build up friends and friendship im not a bad person yo if you got to
know me im not that bad im a cool kind understanding person f**k all
those people out there who diss me they dont know what im all about im
a kind hearted person im a calm person dont listen to those people who
dont know me i will atmite im a stuborn person at times im a rude
person to people who get me mad cause they dont know me and they make fun
of me cause they dont understand or respect people they should look at
themselves in the mirrior cause their no better for making fun of someone
whos diffrent im 19 years old i was raped by a 28 year old when i was
11 years old i had love at one point in time but love gets lost after
awhile thats what happend to me im so glad though i still am who iam for
reasons yes iam a girl but im not lesbeian or bi im a tomboy thats why
people hate me is cause i like to dress like a guy but who cares if i do
i sure as hell dont i like trailer park boys south park wwe wresling my
favorite wresler is stone cold steve austin i quit grade 12 in high
school cause i got picked on for being smart in all my classes but math
who cares if your smart why pick on a smart kid when you shouldnt be
picking on anybody i try to stay away from the bad crowds but they manage
to follow me around i use to be a goody to shoes but now im not im bad to
the bone so if you dont like me dont bother with me im a bad kid im
sweet as pie but dont let that fool you i smoke weed and drink beer and
smoke cigarttes i like adam sandler 50 cent loyad banks i ran away from
home when i was 16 years old i was on the news in the paper i was gone for
5 days in those 5 days i started smoking weed i also like ryan phillippe
too listen up cause all this s**t you read about me is true its a
song about me thats so damn true im an emtionless person so thats all
i gotta say i also got picked on for being skinny too i still have a
love that is true and is deep im not going to mention his name cause
he asked me not too so i respect him for it you
tell me my lifes not wacked after you read this song you would
have to say my life is cause if you said it wasnt you would be lieing to
me about my very life heres the shout outs in my song AMANDA MY BEST
GIRL I LOVE YOU THERES SO MANY MEMORIES SCOTT THE ONE IVE
KNOWN FOR 11 YEARS MY FAMILY MY FRIENDS THAT HELPED ME THREW
THEESE SUCKY YEARS AND SHOUTS TOO ALL MY PEOPLE ON MY WINERS LIST
I LOVE YOU ONE AND ALL THAT WHOLE RAP SONG IS ALL TRUE ABOUT ME IVE LIVED
THREW IT ALL I CAN NOT SAY MY LIFE IS NOT WACKED CAUSE IT IS i like to
talk on msn and on here and my cell phone and my house phone too and
henging with my friends too so thats my boaring life for yaz peace
out ight peoples im kind hearted hard working and understanding
calm cool collected person so whatever to youz who diss me i wont
forget the people who make fun of me and bullyed me and picked on me and
s**t like that peace out ight peoples bye bye hit me back an
email just to chat your biggest fan janinebustin i know all your
lerics i have both your books too hit me back just to chat janine
by eminem
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