8mm 1999

Critics score:
22 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Distasteful. Not persuasive. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Eight Millimeter demonstrates the extent that non-challenging roles have stymied Mr. Cage's talent. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Joel Schumacher's Eight Millimeter delves into the perverse underworld of the pornography business, shocking audiences with the realization that sex and violence can be so dull. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: I can't say I warmed to the results, but I was solidly held for the film's two hours. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Given that Schumacher and his cohorts have reasons of their own for wanting to make this film, they may be the only people who end up liking it. Read more

Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle: Want to know what happens when an A-list director and A-list movie star attach themselves to a direct-to-cable screenplay? This. Read more

Paul Tatara, CNN.com: The major reason this film ultimately fails is miscasting. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A pointless, violent, torture-or-be-tortured flick! Read more

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: An exploitation movie about an exploitation movie. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: As it is, everything is on screen too long, and the problems are magnified. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It is a real film. Not a slick exploitation exercise with all the trappings of depravity but none of the consequences. Not a film where moral issues are forgotten in the excitement of an action climax. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: My advice is get drunk, cook dinner, watch infomercials or do your taxes -- anything to keep those two hours for yourself. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: The idea of snuff films is presented as so obnoxious that it disgusts even the slimiest porn peddlers. Read more

Time Out: There's no faulting Cage's committed, intense performance, but his slide from professional, internalised concern into personal, self-righteous rage still leaves a nasty aftertaste. Read more

Derek Elley, Variety: A movie that keeps jumping the gate and finally unravels all over the floor. Read more

Dennis Lim, Village Voice: A plodding, doggedly tawdry thriller. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: In the uncertain zone between dumb and truly twisted. Read more