somewhat of a dissappointment

Rating: 4/10 (27 March 2003)

What can I say? the hype machine pushing this movie obviously went overboard and it ended up letting me down. I admit im not much of an Eminem fan but I have respect for what he's doing in music. As a actor, ya he held his own. Nothing great, nothing horrible. The real stand out in the movie was Mekhi Pheifer. He's a scene stealer for sure. Brittany Murphy's character was flat and boring, Kim Basinger didn't make me feel like how i thought i should feel for her and the story was just slow. I was 65 minutes into it and still waiting for something interesting to happen, but alas, it never really did. Even the "Big Showdown" at the end was a let down. IMO Eminem should have left this story in his past. 4 maybe 5 stars is all i give this one.