Glitter

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Summary: Mariah "Carey's On"
Review: After hearing all the negative feedback and flack Mariah Carey got for her feature film debut "Glitter", I decided to see for myself what all the fuss was about. I DID NOT SEE what everyone is talking about?! Never before have I been more proud of Mariah and all she does! She deserves so much more recognition not only for this whole project, but all the efforts she put into it. When reading the film credits, you see Mariah not only did a fine job of acting in it, she helped produce the movie, and came up with some of the concepts herself, while at the same time recorded the 12 track soundtrack which also fits the movie perfectly and gives a great flashback of those funky beats from the 80's. Everyone is entitled to their own opinon, but if you have not seen this movie just because of what everyone "says", you are the one missing out!! Do yourself a favor and watch this movie!!

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Summary: Great Love Story
Review: This was great love story movie, and one of hope. If you are in the mood for an entertaining story that has many surprises, buy Glitter. Mariah Carey's acting was very believable, she had me really feeling her emotions in the film. Check it out!

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Summary: An excelent acting by Miss Carey
Review: I thought Mariah's acting wasn't going to be that good 'cause she is new in the bussines (but she knows what to do in music), but the Mariah's acting really surprised me when I saw the movie. The movie is a very good movie. I don't know why they made those bads reviews. I liked it a lot. And the soundtrack has the "Mariah's Touch" so it's a very good CD in my opinion.

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Summary: It's all about publicity...
Review: Glitter has received tremendous publicity for being a failure, however I think the publicity stems from Mariah haters rather then from the acting or content of the film. I must admit I was nervous to see Mariah attempt acting, to my surprise she was excellent and I almost forgot I was watching a "singer". I do believe the story could have been developed a little more however. Also I would like to say to all the people who keep calling this an autobiography, you are very wrong. As for the soundtrack, it is exactly that a "soundtrack" (that takes place in the eighties no less) and the fact that an artist can recreate those sounds, is pure talent!

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Summary: Mariah glitters
Review: It had been ages since I had properly been a fan or listened to any Mariah cds when I attended a showing of Glitter. I was there as a movie fan and left a Mariah fan once again :D I'm willing to bet that not many critics watched this movie and solely based their bad review on the Loverboy video or some kind of "skin" clip that turned them off. But if they had properly watched this, they would tell you that Mariah's acting was actually pretty good for a first leading role. She glitters :D

She is Billie Frank.
Taken away from her mother at a very young age and placed in an orphanage.
There she meets two good friends that are there for her into their adult years.
But Billie's dreams of being a singer are lost... and exploited by evil producers.
But wait, there is someone who believes in her... someone who knows she can find those dreams again.
There are twists in the end that completely shocked me.
All in all Glitter is a great hour and a half spent and it is not solely for Maraih fans.

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Summary: I Enjoyed it
Review: This film isn't the worst film in the world and it isn't the best. Mariah reached a point in her career where she wanted to try something new and this film was something new for her. Her acting skills arn't as good as good as Julia Roberts or who ever but Mariah can work on it and get better. The Story is simple but Mariah takes a cheeky stab at the way record companys control artists. There is more to the story then just rags to riches and when it comes down to it I'm sure Mariah was having fun and the film is fun and its hard for critics to understand that because everything they seem to write is negative. Anyway I enjoyed it and I am glad to support Mariah in her acting because if thats what she wants to do then good on her... Enjoy it

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Summary: GLITTERING MARIAH
Review: Yeah she is still Mariah Carey... the same Mariah that we all loved & cherished back in the day & I'm still her #1 fan. This film may be a little too late to show that she can act BUT the Glitter movie showed that Mariah can give veteran actresses a run for their money. Yes, I can give you alot of details that you can look out for so you can hate this film, like poor script(the Dice verbal buy-out of Mariah/Billie from her former manager failed to convince me that such thing is possible coz there was never a contract so the former manager really can't stake a claim to Mariah/Billie unless that verbal agreement was put into writing & Dice could've have always consulted a lawyer to ask the former manager to back off since Billie is a famous star already & she can afford to protect her status from a sleaze like him) & yeah, poor visuals. They kinda concentrated on a lot of gloomy events & trouble in Billie's life but let's all see the movie's plus side for all it's worth : 1) Mariah can act, & SHE CAN ACT WELL , she's a natural, save for her consciousness on her teeth so she refuses to give a natural smile on-cam , 2) the movie was inspirational 3) the songs are good - those who thrived in the 80's era will appreciate the soundtrack 4) somehow the movie pulled an emotional plug on me, i cried in the end w/ what happened to Billie & Dice's lovestory & 5) the best thing is that, this is just Mariah's first solo-starrer! Let's all hope for the best in her upcoming movies. MARIAH - GO GLITTER !

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Summary: Enjoy!
Review: Back in the '80's when Prince's, "Purple Rain" Movie came out the critics really went after him. Now the movie is considered somewhat of a "cult classic". I believe the same will be true here for Mariah Carey's "Glitter"! Let's face it, the movie's opening couldn't have come at a worst date. Even if the reviews had been sensational across the board there were very few people wanting to sit in a dark theatre in September, there really wasn't a chance for the numbers to turn around for this movie. This is a movie that you will be happy to have in your library in years to come. I personally am not a big fan of Mariah Carey, but you have to give the woman credit. I had wondered if after such a poor opening of this movie it would set her off into some sort of emotional spiral, but she's kept her chin up and she's kept on plucking. Whatever her personal problems are she is out there singing to the troops and giving it her best. Considering the lackluster opening of this film I hope can be made up in sales of the DVD! I'd hold off on the VHS until the $$$$$ price falls!!!

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Summary: Too much sub-plots...lack of a central theme
Review: The main fault with 'Glitter' lies not so much with the acting but rather more with the careless plot.
The plot is too diversified. If one were to examine most blockbuster films, it would appear that most such movies have a central event or storyline. In 'Glitter', this is not at all the case. One moment, Billie (mariah) tries to cope with finding her mother, another moment she's in the process of cutting a record, and at the same time, she's fending off the jealousy pangs of her boyfriend...All in all, there are just too many events occuring and they somewhat don't relate well to one another...
In a nutshell, the movie has covered much more breadth than depth and as a result, it becomes awfully superficial and somewhat cheesy.
It is also a somewhat badly directed movie. Why are the 'cute' transition effects appearing in this movie at all? Unless the movie was intended to be a fantasy or dreamy movie, such embellishments are simply inappropriate. Indeed, Glitter was more of serious drama rather than some whimiscal fantasy film.
I suppose the failure of Glitter could have been attributed by Mariah Carey's desire to put her life story onto the big screen. However, more thought could have given to design a specific theme, and then to include only the events that help to reinforce each other, instead of just dumping everything possible into the film.
Not surprisingly, with its whole array of events occuring randomly throughout the movie, one does get 'confused' at the end of it all. What was the most important event in the movie? Does the movie provide any meaning at all? What really was the movie trying to convey?
In the final analysis, 'Glitter' is fortunately no nighmare but rather more of an inexplicable eventful dream. You can't explain the reason for the dream, and so when you wake up, it's easy to forget the dream too.

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Summary: Glitter Shines Despite Critics
Review: If you have really studied the facts, you would realize that Glitter did not do well at the box office because it was released in selected areas. Glitter is actually interesting to watch. Both storylines keep you in suspense throughout the whole movie and the visual and musical aspects of the movie were surprising. Honestly I didn't have faith in Mariah's acting ability at first. Granted, she is no Julia Roberts or Sandra Bullock, but she is an actress who has proven that she can handle the job.