The anatomy of obsession is an absorbing enough topic in an age of runaway social media and the false sense of intimacy it can engender among the celebrity-fixated. But it's a curious juxtaposition Mr. Leckart constructs.

The stans themselves are not massively interesting, and the film is happy to frame them as whimsically eccentric nerds rather than anything more psychologically problematic.

"Stans" isn't the be-all, end-all telling of Eminem's tale, but it puts his stamp on it for now, using the lens of his fans to give it perspective.

Eminem super-fans take the lead in a documentary that traces their obsession with the controversial rapper from Detroit.