8 Mile (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Brittany Murphy, Eminem, Evan Jones, Kim Basinger, Mekhi PhiferBrand: Universal
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: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
Published: 2003-03-01
DVD Release Date: 2003-03-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of 8 Mile (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Marshall Mathers shines through Eminem
Summary: 5 Stars
Simply said, this movie is more than worth your time. Eminem, Marshall Mathers, shines in music but has also proven to shine on film. Set along the film's title, 8 Mile in Detroit, Marshall Mathers acts as Jimmy Smith Jr., a "poor little white boy" on the wrong side of 8 Mile trying to make it big in the rap world. In 2002, at the time of the film, 8 Mile was and is essentially the boundary between city and slum- between white and black. It is also a psychological dividing line that separates Jimmy from where and who he wants to be. Jimmy was born on the wrong side of 8 mile with the wrong skin color and on top of it all lives with his alcoholic mother (Kim Basinger) and kid sister in a trailer park. Inside 8 Mile you have "real world" credentials, and outside you don't. To gain these credentials in Jimmy's world you must compete in verbal rap "battles" where each competitor gets forty-five seconds to ad lib to music. The point: to vocally destroy your opponent. The winner: the man (or woman) with best crowd reaction. Battling under the alias B Rabbit, Jimmy Smith Jr. endures physical and verbal battles in which he and his friends are threatened, belittled, and through it all overcome.
Eminem does a phenomenal job as Jimmy Smith Jr. Emotions are written on his beaten and bruised pale white face and in his incredibly deep blue eyes. He really feels what he acts. He shows so convincingly, despair and fear, sensitivity and love. I sat through the whole movie amazed and entranced. Eminem, the vulgar, publicly criticized, outspoken, free-minded rapper brings to the public eye the pollution of innocence. He comes through to the viewer as a slightly defected angel cast in to a brutal world. Greed, power and lust rule in the world of 8 mile. Taking place in a time span no longer than a week, Jimmy amazingly introduced both his heart and his head. The setting itself displayed the sadness of the story. The scenes were gray and the lighting was dim. The city itself was dirty and sadness shone on the majority of the residents' faces. Jimmy's sweet songs to his sister Lily (Chloe Greenfield) and sincere talks with Cheddar [MC] Bob (Evan Jones) and other friends shine a light of hope onto an otherwise dreary situation.
Marshall grew up in Detroit and made his start in the local "battles." This movie is very possibly telling a fictionalized "life story" of his rise to stardom. He says, "We took some things that happened in my life and put 'em in the movie, and maybe twisted 'em a little bit, and added some things, and took out some things. Put it this way, if it was based on my life, then it would limit me to things I could do, and there would be certain guidelines we had to follow, but with this character, it's like, it's cool because I can do other things with him that ain't me." Influenced by everyday city life: street signs, graffiti, the coffee shop, Jimmy Smith and Eminem form the lyrics that one day lead to fame.
The reasoning behind the heartfelt acting: the movie was from the heart. Jimmy's acts of protection of his sister greatly represent the way he wants to protect his daughter, Hailie. In `Mockingbird,' he "sings":
"All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see
Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did...
Now hush little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright."
In Eminem's world, friendship means a bond just as it does in Jimmy's world. Betrayal is betrayal no matter the face that it carries. Jimmy was betrayed by Alex (Brittany Murphy) an aspiring model, just as Marshall was betrayed by his wife and mother of his child.
This is an EXCELLENT film. Whether expressing "to date" real life or exaggerated hardships, it is quite obvious that there is much more behind the "gangsta" appearance of Detroit. And to the DVD itself, there are many excellent features that lead you into 8 Mile as well as the "superman" music video and an interview with Eminem himself. If you are not tolerant of profanity however, you may want to reconsider this film as a "movie night" selection. There is very good reasoning behind the R rating of this film. The coupling of "mother" and it's seemingly partner word can be, I'm sure, quite offensive and is not the only `creative' insult heard. Also, there are a few lude scenes, mainly two, that are quite graphic and expressive. There are street fights and trailer fights, gunfights and fistfights. The sexual scenes are very intense, as are most of the scenes throughout the film. Intense is an excellent one-word description of 8 Mile. I loved it. I can see past the vulgarity and language, nudity and violence into the heart of Eminem and all that he wanted to express.
"Look, if you had, one shot, or one opportunity
to seize everything you ever wanted, one moment,
would you capture it, or just let it slip "
Taken from Eminem's song `Lose yourself,' these lyrics perfectly state the main message behind the movie. You will always have that one shot... it's your choice to take it and your choice if you make it.
Summary of 8 Mile (Widescreen Edition)
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/22/2007 Run time: 111 minutes Rating: RRap 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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