He begins to question whether his group of friends, including "Future" (Mekhi Phifer), are holding themselves back from moving on to bigger things. Over time, though, Jimmy begins to take responsibility for the direction of his life and realizes that he has a large degree of control over how it will go. At first, he considers himself a victim of his circumstances and blames others for his problems. Jimmy comes to realize that his life has remained largely the same since he graduated from high school. Just prior to the events of the film, he ends a relationship with his pregnant girlfriend, Janeane ( Taryn Manning) and during the film, begins a new relationship with Alex ( Brittany Murphy), whom he meets at the factory that he works at when she arrives looking for her brother who also works there. Jimmy is focused on getting his rap career started, but he seems stalled he tries to compete in a rap battle, but chokes with stage fright and is booed off the stage.
He has moved back north of 8 Mile to the rundown trailer home in Warren of his alcoholic mother, Stephanie (Kim Basinger), his sister Lily ( Chloe Greenfield) and Stephanie's abusive live-in boyfriend Greg Buehl ( Michael Shannon). ( Eminem) is a young and frustrated blue-collar factory worker.
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