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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
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