8 Mile / Trainspotting DVD

Advantages: Good storyline and cast
Disadvantages: None

...8-Mile - Every moment is another chance I'm doing this review based on the DVD version of this film. 8-Mile is rated a 15 so it is only suitable for people aged over 15 due to some sexual scenes in the film. The Cast The main characters within the cast of this film are the famous white rapper Eminem, Kim Bassinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer. All the cast within this film are brilliant actors making the film realistic and helping you really get into the film. Each character is well suited to the part they play making the people within the film realistic helping drag you in all most like you are part of the film. Story Line The film is mainly about a group of young people in an American rapping community, Rabbit played by Eminem is a brilliant rapper working his way up trying to get himself known and make... Read review

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Advantages: Realistic, gritty and entertaining stuff
Disadvantages: Kim Basinger!

...Whether you like Eminem or not, not many people can deny that the guy has some serious talent. I personally thought his early stuff was pretty dire, although some of the lyrics were very clever, but his last two albums have really grown on me. I'm not into this kind of music at all generally, but I have purchased the 8 Mile soundtrack, due to watching this film. Ah yes, the film! 8 Mile is kind of a 'semi-autobiographical' tale of young Marshall Mathers III. Although it doesn't tell the story of Eminem's life and meteoric rise to fame, the actor/singer/performer admits that the film has many parallels with his own life. It charts the life of one Jimmy Smith Jr, who is know to everyone (including his own mother!) as B-Rabbit. ("When he was born he had these big ears and buck teeth... just like a widdle wabbit!") Jimmy was living... Read review

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Advantages: Good film, I liked it.
Disadvantages: None.

... 8 MILE Running Time: 115 minutes Certificate: 15 I like a fair bit of Eminem's music so when this film came out I was interested, but happy enough to wait until it came out on DVD. I picked it up from eBay at the bargain price of £3.00 inc. postage. Must say I was very impressed how well Eminem performed because singers/wrestlers and the like don't always transfer well into the world of film. What it's about... 8 Mile is a semi-autobiographical film based on Marshall Mathers life before he became the famous rapper we know today, basically a gripping gritty tale of a poor-white-trash boy who wants to make it big. Eminem gives a great performance in the role of Jimmy 'Bunny Rabbit' Smith Jr. a white kid from the wrong side of Detroits 8 Mile who is having a hard life and struggling to realize his dream... Read review

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