Okay...no more, no less

Rating: Null/10 (28 September 2003)

This is actually a pretty mild movie, without much drama. Eminem is sympathetic in the lead role and doesn't embarrass himself as an actor...but what I was most looking forward to was finally hearing his music. (I don't listen to the radio much or buy rap albums.) All this time, throughout all the controversy, people have said, "Yeah, he might want to kill gays and women and cops and everyone else, but he's a GREAT ARTIST." So when we got scenes where this guy raps away in the limelight, I was like...that's it? That's the ART part? What a letdown. I did think the sex scene was erotic, where Brittany Murphy pulls the hero behind some crates to do him at work. Overall, the atmosphere seemed realistic, etc., but not very much happened! Kim Basinger deserved a bigger part; you'd think that since she was onhand and an Oscar winning actress, they'd give her more to do. Guess not. That's movies for ya.