Excellent Drama History

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2003)

Well, I couldn't believe it. Curtis Hanson made act a star and Kim Basinger who was at his last. Excellent Performances!!!. The story of a boy who wants to be someone crossing the 8 mile street which divides (in Detroit) the black and the white people. They live in a house which is carried with a van (Eminem and Kim Basinger, son of the other), he has a job and wants to be a rapper. He has black friends in Detroit, the city of automobiles. He wants to have an identity.
Really, Eminem performance was great. Very strong and real. Kim Basinger gave us the performance of his life. Merit of her and of course of the director. I loved the rest of the cast except for Brittany Murphy.
The photography of Detroit is wonderful and the screenplay too.
I would vote it for the Academy Awards. It deserves a lot of awards. And if you don't know what is the hip hop culture or you didn't give rap music a chance, now you should listen to the songs and lyrics.
It is a high tensioned musical drama. The life of this man an his mother is very difficult. Very good controlled by Hanson. Merit of him. It's worth seeing it without any hesitation. Excellent. Give it a try.