This is NO Purple Rain!

Rating: 4/10 (10 November 2002)

I really don't know why all the critics are slobbering on themselves over this movie. I'm not a fan of Eminem, but I don't hate him either. I guess I really just wanted more of the exciting rap battles and less of the "life of B.Rabbit". I mean, isn't that why people go to movies with musicians in them? Purple Rain was EXCITING... sure there were the "Prince's bad home life" scenes, and "Prince meets/gets/loses Appolonia" scenes... but there was also a lot of on-stage action from Prince, Appolonia 6, and The Time that makes Purple Rain a classic. 8 Mile is just too slow for the most part. No matter how great the last reel is, it doesn't make up for the lackluster majority of the film.