Why is 8 mile rated r

A man admires a woman as she walks up stairs in a short skirt. A woman wears tight, short skirts and tight sweaters that reveal cleavage, bare abdomen and fishnet stocking-covered thighs.

A younger man is having a sexual relationship with an older woman. A man talks about his girlfriend being pregnant. A group of men surround and threaten another man, and one man threatens him by holding a gun to his face; they begin punching, kicking and shoving him over and over again, while a little girl watches from a nearby window and screams in terror we see the man bloody and bruised later.

A group of men fight another group of men with punching and shoving, some are slammed to the ground and one fires a gun in the air and waves it around. A man pulls a man's legs out from under him and he falls down onto the hood of a car, some other people shove and scuffle and a man pulls a gun.

A man attacks another man slamming him into a table and wall, and punching him in the face repeatedly we see the man's bloody nose. A man and a woman argue, he shoves her back into a table, another man jumps him and they fight with punches, slamming into furniture and the floor. A man shoves another man and gets very close to his face while yelling at him.

Kid, 12 years old June 28, U love this movie I love this film parents need to watch with kids. Teen, 16 years old Written by chub May 19, Kid, 11 years old January 1, Amazing Movie This is a great movie!

It is very interesting and has a message of perseverance. There are swears in every scene and the things the rappers say in the battles can be offensive.

Also there is sex but no nudity is shown. B Rabbit gets beat up alot too. His friend shoots himself as well. Teen, 16 years old Written by Musiclovergig July 24, Good one Movie about rap music is filled with gang fights, a full on sex scene, and tons of swearing.

Kid, 11 years old March 9, Inapropit 8 mile is a really good movie lots of sex smoking and most of all swearing to people have graphic sex under a rail road track lots of really bad words but it is a really god movie abusive boyfriend pushes the mother across the room.

Teen, 16 years old Written by PlatinumBoi03 December 3, This movie inspires young rappers everywhere I just watched it yesterday. It was great! Be aware though. Teen, 14 years old Written by H0nest R3views August 31, Kid, 11 years old June 12, The best!

It's a really good movie, besides Jimmy Eminem getting attacked by the Leaderz Of The Free World, if you're years old, maybe consider watching with a parent or a older sibling. This title contains: Sexy stuff. Rather, this is an actor who deserves accolades for his ability and talent of taking the role of an underdog wanna-be rapper and in the end, making him a real and believable character with overcoming and redemptive qualities.

Eminem did an incredible and impressive job with his first acting role, and there's no denying him that! So it makes me want to ask this rapper-turned-actor, "Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? Bad: For all of the good things that I just said about the movie and Eminem, I will equally warn you of the offensive and negative elements that plainly make this a movie for mature audiences only.

Parents, this is NOT a movie about a rapper that your adolescent age kids or young teens should see. This is a well-deserved, R-rated, adult movie with characters who use an abundant amount of obscene language, profanity, religious profanity and crude behavior. There are also a few scenes of street-fight violence a guy shoots himself with his gun and a couple of characters have a fist fight , as well as a couple of quick scenes of drug use.

Characters vandalize and burn down an abandoned house, and a character accidentally shoots himself. There's a reference to child rape. Eminem's character has an unstable mother who's living with a boyfriend his age, and she speaks to her son in very inappropriate ways about her sexual relationship.

Some viewers will be upset by the neglect of the main character's sister, a little girl who witnesses violence, family fights, a mother who drinks and has sex with a young man, and other abusive situations. Homophobic slurs are often used, and even as Eminem's character defends a gay coworker who was insulted by a coworker in the heat of a rap battle, he still uses HIV as a punch line.

Add your rating See all 42 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 90 kid reviews. Loosely based on the real-life story of white rap superstar Eminem , this movie is very much in the tradition of other "poor kid with a dream" stories such as Saturday Night Fever and Rocky.

The structure of these stories is simple: A talented character has to learn to take risks and believe in himself. He has some setbacks but ultimately triumphs. Despite 8 MILE's top behind-the-scenes talent such as director Curtis Hanson and producer Brian Grazer, this movie's primary appeal will be to the fans Eminem already has.

For those who accept that rap is an art form, this movie will be easier to believe. This is not the genre-transcending triumph that it was intended to be, but it's far ahead of instantly outdated bombs like Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. Eminem has the ability to hold the screen, and if he is not exactly an actor, he is able to muster the few expressions required: tender when he looks at his sister Chloe Greenfield , hopeful when he looks at Alex Brittany Murphy , and sullen most of the rest of the time.

Families can talk about what changed in Rabbit's life to give him the guts to perform. Why was his willingness to insult himself before anyone else could a show of strength that was more devastating to his opponent than an attack could be? How are the African-American, poor white, and blue-collar cultures of Detroit conveyed in this movie?

Do these depictions seem accurate to you? Why, or why not? What are some other examples of movies in which characters who are far from perfect still emerge as positive role models, despite their flaws and indiscretions? What positive values does Eminem's character begin to put into practice as a way to rise above difficult surroundings and dire situations? How is Eminem in the tradition of white musicians who become successful by appropriating the music developed by African-American performers?

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