8MM
User Score
6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 44
  3. Negative: 9 out of 44

Review this movie

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. MarkS.
    Jan 4, 2004
    10
    Seems like some people don't like it when film makers hold up a mirror to society. Unflinching, tremendously powerful and a wonderful soundtrack to boot.
  2. Vee
    Oct 3, 2004
    10
    In an era when various teen-slasher trash comedies get labeled as 'horror' movies, something as scary and as disturbing as 8MM is called simply a 'thriller' - miscategorisation if there ever was one. this film was meant to scare people and it fulfills its task admirably.

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
19 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 20
  3. Negative: 10 out of 20
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Bob Graham
    0
    Voyeuristically wallows in the sadistic violence it professes to deplore. What hypocrisy!
    Read full review
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    0
    Almost as degrading as any unmarked video you can buy in the back alleys of Manila, and, in its pseudo-significance and arty pretension, it's a lot less honest. I'm heartily sorry I had to poison an entire evening with it.
    Read full review
  3. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    40
    The moral contortions of 8MM seem especially bogus, a sadomasochistic peep show booth pretending to be a confessional.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »