This movie is an excellent film and really shows so much emotion and hardship that our main character must go through in order to succeed.

Rating: 10/10 (5 October 2016)

In the movie 8 Mile, directed by Chris Hanson, the obvious theme was standing up and using your voice but it was really about getting up when you've hit the absolute bottom. The main character is actually based off of Eminem, the real life rapper. This story is told in Detroit and he's trying to become a well known rapper. He is only stopped by one thing, his skin color. His white shell causes him to lose "street cred" and is disrespected by all of the rap community. They don't believe a white person should be rapping and think that it isn't right for him to join the weekly "rap offs". This causes him to go through a lot of pain, emotionally and physically. With his life at home falling apart with his unemployed mother and her drinking addiction, he struggles to keep a steady job and support for his baby sister. He gets jumped and mugged in the streets by the same group that dominates at the rap offs and continues to bully him. He hits a point where it doesn't look good for him and he has hit the absolute bottom. If you've ever been bullied or suppressed at any point in your life then you need to watch this movie as soon as possible.