Very well done...

Rating: Null/10 (29 January 2003)

In the viewers comments, I was surprised to read a few negative comments by British viewers. I thought this would be more "our" sort of film than it would be an Americans. The film is very much akin to "Scum" and other British films in that it merely offers a snapshot of someones life as opposed to the Hollywood happy ending hero gets the girl. (I'm not being patronising to Americans there, it's just in our film making culture the hero never wins - infact he's lucky to survive the film, e.g., Get Carter, Kes - albeit the bird dies).
Eminem's performance is exemplary, demonstrating why he is the "all round entertainer". Many pop music / pop acting crossovers are embarrassing at least, if not deleterious to careers.
Even though the film was in the most part irrelevant in a social sense to the British audience, it was well directed and acted and I left the cinema saying "that was a good film".