What's going on here...?

Rating: Null/10 (11 November 2002)

Have any of you noticed Eminem's name in the movie bears a strong resemblance to the main character's in the movie The Commitments? The lead in that film was named Jimmy Rabbitte Jr...just a little odd, don't you think, considering the similar jist of both the movies.(Lower class guy has dreams of making it big; one in Ireland, and one in the US.) Don't get me wrong. I am not even trying to compare the hilarious, well executed movie The Commitments with this flash-in-the-pan film, but I wonder if the script writers were maybe Roddy Doyle fans. (For those of you who read out there, I highly recommend reading Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy books.) Bottom line, if you are a big Eminem fan, go see it. You probably already have. Personally, I think he's horrible, so if you agree with that point of view, don't go see it and rent The Commitments instead.