First off, when Kim Basinger first came on the screen and opened her mouth, I thought the rest of the film was going to be destined for failure. Now for what I feel made this movie not rise to the top. Gone were the Hollywood antics of glossing it up or ghetto fabulous and I felt that Hanson captured something that was fascinating, uncomfortable and realistic that I haven't seen in a Hollywood film before. One of the scenes I was most impressed with was the sex scene between Murphy and Eminem. She definitely was not used to her full potential and I felt that if they had used her relationship with Rabbit to a larger or deeper extent, it only would have lent more to the film. Brittany Murphy was also very good, but I found her character to be a bit expedient. Eminem obviously was a little green and surrounding him with these actors gave the movie and Eminem's journey more credence. Hanson was wise to protect his lead with awesome supporting work from Mekhi Phifer and pretty much everyone else that portrays his friends and peers in the film. As for Eminem himself, at first I found him a little stoic, but given the fact that this guy has never acted before, regardless of how 'autobiographical' the material may be, I thought he did a decent job in front of the camera. Also, the cinematography widely lends itself towards upping the ante of the picture and making you feel the authenticity of a world and a place where many of us have never traveled nor never will. He understood the material and I was drawn in to the world that he recreated. First off, I think Curtis Hanson did a great job rebuilding that world and protecting his novice lead. Where fiction and reality collide is blurred and that works for the picture. Obviously, it's no big secret that this storyline runs very parallel to that of of Eminem's own roots and his own aspirations. Deep inside, he aspires to break free from the chains of the reality of his life through the poetry and passion and rawness of rap the one place he can possibly gain a feeling of purpose and hear his own voice. 8 Mile tells the story of a white kid on the wrong side of the tracks living in Detroit with a dead end job and a trailer park mom.
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