Rocky for the rap generation.

Rating: Null/10 (24 January 2003)

An amazingly simple and thin story transformed into something semi-special by an amazingly subtle performance from Eminem. Does this man's talents know no end? Only two negative points to mention - the plot was spread t...h...i...n ! Some might even say the film was too slow. I can see how Curtis Hanson tried to use the images of Detroit almost as a character/plotline though...but didn't quite work in my mind. Also, I found it hard to believe that Eminem's character, Jimmy 'Rabbit' would be attracted to Brittany Murphy's character Alex. Ok, granted she looks hot, but his character was portrayed as someone with a little more depth and ambition to go for a no-class skank like her. 7/10. Good. Not Curtis Hanson's best work, but it'll be interesting to see if Eminem takes more roles.