8 Mile (Full Screen Edition)
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Actor: Brittany Murphy, Eminem, Evan Jones, Kim Basinger, Mekhi PhiferBrand: Ff
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-03-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of 8 Mile (Full Screen Edition)
Movie Review: Eminem raps!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you want a full review of this DVD, there are many excellent ones written here. But here are some highlights and food for thought not covered elsewhere. When you watch this DVD, look for these underlying themes:
+ Eminem's "friends" think they are talented rappers, but they all really know that Eminem is king here, and are scheming for ways to profit from his success. Glaring examples are "Future" (to promote his joint), and Wink trying to hitch Eminem with his make-believe rap production connections.
+ Time after time again, his "friends" let him down when instead they could help. Examples:
++ His car breaks down over and over, and they are all standing by. But whenever he gets his car fixed (a number of times), then they jump inside the car to have fun. Eminem knows and has the motivation to fix his car, both of which are glaringly absent in his "friends". Reinforcing young black men's cliches? I wonder ...
++ His mom is in this relationship with their past classmate. What do they do? They mockingly "line up" to be her next mate.
++ On the fight scene with Papa Doc's troops, only Cheddar (Bob) comes up with a real weapon to match Papa Doc's, which flashed last time. When Cheddar shoots himself, only Eminem presses down the wound and otherwise takes definite action to take him to the hospital to save his life. The other ones are again standing by a pole. "Future" dissappears to "pray".
++ Wink tries to befriend "Rabbit" while at the same time hangs with his nemesis "Papa Doc". And lays with Alex(a) in the studio, knowing that Eminem is interested in her.
++ In general, his "friends" are simply hanging around and generally "along for the ride". He, and in a lesser way Cheddar and Alex(a), are the only ones really showing any semblance of character and taking charge of their life. Since all three are white, one again wonders about black's cliches here. And about a Mesianic, "save me" attitude, versus a "take charge" in what they can. However, look at the "tough love" he briefly receives from a coworker, and from the security guard, both of which are of color. A break from these cliches.
+ Jeannine, Alex(a) and other girls in his life, even his mom, are shown to be only out for their cut of the pie. His pie. The only ones who are a real emotional support to him are, in a small way, his mom, and Lilly, his little sister. The latter is (in real life) a little friend of Eminem's daughter, who did her acting in a quite realistic way that could only come up from a real-life friendship with Eminem. Eminem and Lilly's filial relationship has an emotional intensity that brings out an caring and providing Eminem that you would not expect in a rapper.
Also notice Eminem's motivation to burn an abandoned house (like the one used in raping a little girl, according to the news) when Lilly's name is brought up in the conversation. And Alex(a) does not miss out on that cue.
Cheddar Bob is there mostly as a comic relief. His name and his behavior suggests that his brain seems to have some holes where gray matter is missing. But watch him closely, as he, Eminem and his mother slowly realize that the people around them not only are not of help but actually a distraction and even a hindrance to their betterment.
Summary of 8 Mile (Full Screen Edition)
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/22/2007 Run time: 111 minutes Rating: UrRap star Eminem makes a strong movie debut in 8 Mile, an urban drama that makes a fairly standard plot fly through its gritty attention to detail. Jimmy Smith (Eminem), nicknamed B Rabbit, can't pull himself together to take the next step with his career--or with his life. Angry about his alcoholic mother (Kim Basinger) and worried about his little sister, Rabbit lets out his feelings with twisting, clever raps admired by his friends, who keep pushing him to enter a weekly rap face-off. But Rabbit resists--until he meets a girl (Brittany Murphy) who might offer him support and a little hope that his life could get better. Under the smart and ambitious direction of Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential, Wonder Boys) and ably supported by the excellent cast and the burnt-out environment of Detroit slums, Eminem reveals a surprising vulnerability that makes 8 Mile vivid and compelling. --Bret Fetzer
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