| | | Find Your Voice.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Uncensored
For Jimmy Smith, Jr. (Eminem), life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice--and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment... is another chance. From Academy Award winner Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential) and Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind), 8 Mile is the triumphant film Time Magazine hails as "Powerful!" and Entertainment Weekly applauds as "Electrifying and Mesmerizing!"
"Powerful!" Time
"Eminem wins by a knockout!" Rolling Stone
"Electrifying. Mesmerizing!" Entertainment Weekly
"...8 Mile is an exciting, well-crafted movie, loaded with urban atmosphere." Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
"Qualifies as a cinematic event by tapping into the roots of Eminem and the fury and feeling that inform his rap." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"8 Mile probably won't win converts to rap, but it should thrill Eminem fans, so thumbs up." Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Editor's Note
Controversial rapper Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers) makes his big screen debut with 8 MILE, a bracing drama directed by the increasingly audacious Curtis Hanson. Set in 1995 in the bleak, urban battle zone of Detroit, the film follows the struggles of a young man who is desperate to make a better life for himself. Jimmy Smith, Jr., better known as Rabbit, is destined for a life of squalor. Living in a cramped trailer with his deadbeat mom (Kim Basinger), Rabbit works in a factory to make ends meet. His only outlet is hip-hop. Possessing a talent for freestyle rapping, Rabbit still hasn't managed to unleash his true potential. But his best friend, Future (Mekhi Phifer), is determined to make that happen. Future forces Rabbit to enter a freestyle battle that he blew the week before, giving him another chance at redemption. Hanson's stellar portrait of lower-class urban disillusionment, shot with uncompromisingly gritty realism by Rodrigo Prieto, proves that the issue is no longer about race, it's about money. Eminem delivers a bold performance as the troubled youngster who is still trying to find his place in a harsh, cruel world.
| Features | Exclusive Never-Before-Seen Rap Battles with Eminem | | The Music of 8 Mile | | Authentic 8 Mile with Curtis Hanson | | Eminem Talks about Making 8 Mile | | Exclusive Never-Before-Seen Music Video From The Eminem Show |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 5/22/2007 |
| Running Time: 111 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 21981 | | UPC: 00025192198120 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (2003) |  | Eminem, Jeff Bass, and Luis Resto, Winner, Best Music, Song | |
Golden Globe (2003) | | | Eminem, Nominated, Best Original Song - Motion Picture |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...Eminem projects the downbeat sex appeal and scurrilous, dead-eyed yearning of a rap-world James Dean....It's a movie of catchy rebel-underdog power..." 09/27/2002 p.49-54Rolling Stone
"...Eminem shows real screen presence....8 MILE hits hard and provocatively close to home..." 10/19/2002 p.113 Box Office
"...Eminem possesses a furtive instinct as a performer..." 11/01/2002 p.122 Rolling Stone
"...8 MILE qualifies as a cinematic event by tapping into the roots of Eminem and the fury and feeling that inform his rap....Eminem wins by a knockout..." 11/28/2002 p.97-8 New York Times
"...The movie is a success on its own terms because the director doesn't condescend to pop music..." 11/08/2002 p.E1 USA Today
"...The rap sequences are shot and edited with the excitement of a crisply broadcast sporting event..." 11/08/2002 p.7E Variety
"...Eminem is magnetic playing a version of himself....Basinger is entirely credible..." 11/04/2003 p.27-32 Sight and Sound
"...An illuminating addition to that hall-of-funhouse-mirrors that is Eminem's persona..." 02/01/2003 p.36-42 Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
Eminem survives the X-ray truth-telling of the movie camera, which is so good at spotting phonies. He is on the level. Here he plays, if not himself, a version of himself, and we understand why he has been accepted as a star in a genre mostly owned by blacks. Whether he has a future as a movie actor is open to question: At this point in his career, there is no reason for him to play anyone other than himself, and it might even be professionally dangerous for him to try. - Roger Ebert
San Francisco Examiner 8 of 10
For a movie starring a singer-songwriter, 8 Mile spends remarkably little time on actual onstage performing. We don't even get to hear the rousing "Lose Yourself," which Eminem wrote specifically for this film, until the closing credits. But, to paraphrase the lyrics from that chart-topping hit: Eminem knew it was his moment, he owned it, and he wasn't going to let it go without trying to establish his cred as a dramatic actor. He didn't blow it. - Joe Leydon
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