8 Mile

"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."

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

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

"Gritty and electrifying."

"Eminem is magnetic playing a version of himself."

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

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

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

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

"Riveting drama."