8MM

8MM (1999)

  • 22% of critics liked it
    (78 reviews)

  • 56% of users liked it
    (125,976 ratings)

Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) is a surveillance expert on the rise. He's living the American dream with a wife, Amy (Catherine Keener), infant daughter, and a house in the suburbs of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. After the completion of an assignment for a U.S. Senator, Welles is summoned to the house of a… More

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R, 2 hr. 4 min.
Directed By
Joel Schumacher
Written By
Andrew Kevin Walker
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Feb 26, 1999 Wide
On DVD
May 22, 2001
Columbia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    I can't say I warmed to the results, but I was solidly held for the film's two hours.

  • Derek Elley, Variety

    A movie that keeps jumping the gate and finally unravels all over the floor.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Director Joel Schumacher aims for a psychological depth that the script can't sustain.

  • 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.

  • Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

    An exploitation movie about an exploitation movie.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Manu G


    You are never prepared for the truth. Good movie. This film is very strong,gritty,edgy and dark. Nicolas Cage did a very good job acting on this one. The thing is this film is very real and there's actually people so sick like this in the world we live in, it's disturbing… More

  • moon r


    Private investigator Nic Cage is hired by some old rich dame to check out a curious video found in the dead husband's safe. With some moments of interest this attempt to update the gumshoe cliche gets lost in its own over-reaching for social relevance. And Cat Keener is totally… More

  • Chris W


    This is a dark and eerie thriller that looks like it's trying to copy the formula that made Se7en work. It doesn't fully succeed, but it's a decent creepy little thriller regardless. Cage isn't bad, but this isn't really one of his most memorable… More

  • Conner R


    Just plain weird, but highly entertaining and it sort've reminds me of an Italian Giallo film in terms of content and style. The porn industry is rarely tapped into in hollywood movies, this one manages to take a step further and investigate the porn underworld. It also happens… More

  • Dean !


    a dark and slow paced thriller. Quite gritty and harsh at times....but just moves at such a slow pace without a great deal of action or tension. Could've been a lot better!

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