Go With the Flow

Rating: 7/10 (14 November 2002)

A surprising success given that most music scene films are abysmal. I know little or nothing about rap music and seldom listen to it. Even so, the music fit perfectly with the tone and pacing of 8 Mile. If you flow with 8 Mile's tone and pacing, you can overlook some of the script's awkwardness.
Eminem may prove himself a credible actor. Few singers have gone on to have successful careers as actors. He may join the short list with another pretty face (Mark Wahlberg). He showed a screen presence uncommon in a first film.
Few films and set in the Detroit area and most of those were filmed elsewhere (i.e.; Grosse Pointe Blank). I enjoyed seeing familiar locations having lived downtown Detroit and frequently walked by the Shelter and Michigan Theater. The parking structure built inside the once grand Michigan Theater probably cannot be duplicated elsewhere.