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Summary: Deja Vu!?!?
Review: I can save two hours of your life: 8Mile is the exact same movie as The Karate Kid.
Eminem is Daniel LaRusso. Mekhi Phifer is Mr. Miyagi. Brittany Murphy is Ali Mills (the love interest). And all the mean Detroit rappers are the Cobra Kai's.
The movie comes to climax as the reluctant warrior (Daniel-San/Eminem) battles at a open-mic "tournament." Just when you thought your wounded hero was down for the count he delivers a crushing blow that defeats the evil bully rappers.
This movie isn't horrible - but it ain't great either. Curtis Hanson did a much better job on LA Confidential.
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Summary: great
Review: i thought this was going to sweep the oscars. it didn't. it still was a great movie about growing up in the hood. the hood in this movie is the grimey streets of detroit. it's about one mans struggle to escape the hood. two huge thumbs up. brilliant.
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Summary: Not Since "Cool as Ice" - 8 Mile the Ultimate "Heckeling"
Review: I love this movie, but for the wrong reasons.
I loved the way the movie was sooooo cheesy. It was great from beginning to the end. Even the music was corny.
I definitely recommend this movie for anyone who wants a great belly laugh. Highly Recommended, but still gets my very good "so-bad-it's-good" one star!!! Love, Love, Love it! Can't wait for the sequel: 8 1/2 miles.
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Summary: When it sucks it sucks / too bad no negative stars
Review: I enjoy most of eminems rapping and not too bad of an actor but what a terrible movie. This movie droned on and on forever. I was waiting for the good part but finally gave up hope. I believe this movie only gets good rating because people are obsessed about eminem's career and are bias on anything that he puts out. Thats a problem with people these days, but back to saying how bad this movie is well it can be summed up in a few words.It Sucks
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Summary: HMMMM......SOUNDS FAMILIAR......
Review: Straight up....this is the "Purple Rain" of hip-hop. Enough said.
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Summary: Eminem's ok, but the movie is a let down
Review: its let down by its sense that, ok, hes a rapper trying to fit in and have a good life but thats basically what we see, rapping, but theres the reason of in the end of course he's gonna outrap the people and of course this is somewhat based on his life, but Hanson does a good job with Eminem's reason for his family and thats what really brought this to a two star movie rather then a 1 star movie. Mehki Phifer with dreadlocks dont cut it as well. Murphy is annoying as Eminem's girl and Basinger trys her best but cant cut it. all in all im sticking with what I told and im staying there. plus its let down also by that guy who shoots himself, hes so boring. it was like I was sitting there and when ever something stupid would come on id try to go but then right after a good thing would ome on and id stay and thats what is was like when I watched
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Summary: this was a gr8t movie
Review: i am a huge eminem fan, and was stoked when i found out he was going to do a movie, especially with it being about his life and how it was for him be fore he became rich and famous. eminem is really good in this movie, my favorite parts are when they are rapping and when he is trying to overcome his fear of rapping in public. all in all, this movie is awesome, and everyone should see it sooner or later.
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Summary: Well....He CAN act...
Review: Eminem is no "Vanilla Ice" or "Mariah Carey"...BUT, That's a good thing! Great first movie, I hope he does more. I thought the story was good, that the characters came across real. What more can you ask for?
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Summary: Where's the plot
Review: I was not very impressed with this movie. Unless I am blind, I didn't see a plot to the movie and if there was one it was weak. Kim Bassinger's character was not as good as I know she can do. And to top it off the movie just ended, it's like we just saw a few days of Rabbit's life and that was it. I'm glad I borrowed this movie instead of paying money for it.
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Summary: Good and Bad...
Review: 8 Mile is quite possibly one of the most over-praised films of 2002. This doesn't necessarily make it a bad film, just not the great film you've been hearing about. In my personal opinion, critics and fans were so suprised that Eminem's foray into acting wasn't as bad as expected that they were stumbling all over themselves to praise what was essentially a cliched story of a down-and-out artist struggling to make it. All of the over-used plot points are present: poverty, raw talent, troubled youth, resistance from parents and peers, a troubled relationship with a beautiful girl. But in the hands of director Curtis Hanson and Eminem's suprisingly good acting (although he was essentially playing himself, so I'm not sure that its much of a stretch for him), the cliches don't seem to wear on the audience as much and you seem to connect with the his character and the troubles he faces. The real triumph of 8 Mile has to be the Oscar-winning song "Lose Yourself," Curtis Hanson's unique gift of perfectly recreating inner-city Detroit and the rap "battles." I am not a fan of Eminem's music at all, but the relentless and driving beats and lyrics of Lose Yourself make it quite possibly one of the best songs released in the past decade and a deserved Oscar winner. Moreover, the way that Hanson brings the viewer into Detroit circa-1994 and the aspects of life at that time (especially the "battles") is brilliant and is one of the numerous aspects of the film that helped me overlook the tortured cliches. It really helps the viewer connect with the characters in my opinion. Bottom line: if you have a free night, and some extra cash rent it. If you aren't a fan of Eminem, at least consider it. It's not nearly as bad as you might think.
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