8MM
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) | Release Date: February 26, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
21
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
6
Negative:
10
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30
VarietyDerek Elley
A movie that keeps jumping the gate and finally unravels all over the floor. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
A private eye enters a horrific world of degrading sex and bottom-feeding pornographers. Read full review
10
Washington PostDesson Thomson
In the uncertain zone between dumb and truly twisted lies 8MM, a movie that will baffle and disgust you in one disconcerting experience. Read full review
10
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Wallows in its own muck. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
Voyeuristically wallows in the sadistic violence it professes to deplore. What hypocrisy! Read full review
0
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
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
0
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Those foolhardy enough to place themselves at the mercy of 8MM can expect the following emotions: disgust and revulsion, then anger, followed by a profound and disheartening sadness. There are some films whose existence makes the world a worse place to live, and this is one of them. Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
That 8MM fails miserably as a psychological thriller is forgivable. The fact that it is nearly as creepy, sleazy, and manipulative as the pornographic films it so cluelessly and hypocritically condemns is not. Read full review
0
Washington PostStephen Hunter
It's sickeningly violent! Read full review
0
Village VoiceDennis Lim
A nasty piece of work, and it's nasty in a particularly ostentatious and sophomoric way. Read full review
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