8 Mile

8 Mile

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Eminem's rags-to-riches drama. The people of Detroit know 8 Mile as the city limit, a border, a boundary. It is also a psychological dividing line that separates Jimmy Smith Jr. (Eminem) from where and who he wants to be.

75 ^%Rotten
tomatoes®
10 reviews
Award
winner
Directed by Curtis Hanson

2002Rating: M110 minsUSA

DramaMusic

Director:: Curtis Hanson
Writer:: Scott Silver
Cast:: EminemMekhi PhiferBrittany MurphyKim BasingerEvan JonesOmar Benson MillerDe'Angelo WilsonMichael Shannon

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8 Mile | Awards

Award Winner

Best Original Song ("Lose Yourself"), at the 2003 Academy Awards.

8 Mile | Reviews

75%211 reviews

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

All reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

Roger Ebert

We are hardly started in 8 Mile, and already we see that this movie stands aside from routine debut films by pop stars... Like Prince's Purple Rain, it is the real thing.

Hollywood Reporter

Writer Scott Silver and director Curtis Hanson dig deep into the (rap) subculture to deliver a terrific movie.

Slant Magazine

As a vanity project, the film is more tolerable than Purple Rain but it's every bit as obvious and redundant.

Entertainment Weekly

Gritty and electrifying.

Variety

Eminem is magnetic playing a version of himself.

Chicago Tribune

An exciting, well-crafted movie, loaded with (Detroit's) urban atmosphere.

San Francisco Chronicle

More funny than foul, more inspiring than infuriating, more touching than not.

Empire Magazine

This makes a remarkable hat-trick for Hanson and is a personal triumph for Eminem.

Time Magazine

Because it rejects easy victories, this may be one of the few inspirational movies that could actually inspire someone, somewhere, sometime.

A.V. Club

Riveting drama.

8 Mile | Release Details

8 Mile is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.