Good Acting, Ending left a little to be desired

Rating: Null/10 (11 November 2002)

I went to see this film opening weekend. I am a big supporter of the "numbers" game. I buy CD's the day they come out and I see movies their first weekend. Anyway, went to see this with my nieces (14) and sister(36). I'm a huge hip-hop/rap fan and my sister is not, the nieces, of course, are huge fanatics of Eminem. So, we went, figuring our personalities would make great conversation as to our thoughts on the film. I rate all films in this way...if an actor can suck me in to their character and make me forget who they are in real life, they have done their job and done it well. If a story can take me on a journey that sucks me into the life of the characters and makes me forget my own (not trying to escape a horrible life) for the time I am in that seat, then it is hands down, a great movie. 8 mile did this for me. Marshall Mathers made me forget who he was, and made me believe he was Jimmy Smith Jr. I don't think viewers got enough time with Kim Bassinger's character, nor Britany Murphy's to really identify and feel for them. It was a great movie, with few flaws, in my eyes.