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Summary: Magical!
Review: I am a big Mariah fan, so when I heard about her making the movie "Glitter" I was really happy that I would finaly get to this amazon women on the big screen. I kept an open mind before I saw the movie because it got such Bad reviews and it being her first starring role in a movie. Well, when I watced "Glitter" I really liked it. Not just because it Mariah is in it but because for this being her first starring role she acted really well. I pefer her to stick to music but I will buy anyting by her. Glitter does have a plot to it that is somewhat a fantasy and real life. I think everyone should give this movie a chance. IT ISN'T BAD LIKE THEY SAY!!!!
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Summary: Glitter definitely shines
Review: I drove 2 1/2 hours to see this in West Nyack cause it wasn't playing in Albany, NY. Hearing all the bad reviews, I really thought it was gonna be horrible. Besides the plot going by too fast, I thought it was a really good movie that showcased Mariah's talent. It needed to focus more on real '80's themes, but other than that, I really liked it. I think the Glitter album was one of her best despite what people say. :)
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Summary: Glitter
Review: Twas a great and awesome movie, i dont know why people didnt see this film! i recommend to see first the film before judging it! Mariah you really are a great actress! I recommend this dvd! buy it!to believed!
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Summary: Pretty Good!
Review: At first, I wasn't really interested in seeing Mariah Carey's movie Glitter but now I am glad I did. Of course it isn't the best movie I have seen but, in my opinion, it does have a lot of heart and soul and is worth watching. In my opinion, Mariah Carey's acting was very good and the other actors were wonderful too.
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Summary: Has The Glitter ...
Review: This movie is a "good" movie. It definatly did not deserve all the flack it got in the critics papers. I bought it the day it was released, and I am still watching it every so often. This movie is worth every cent. It has substance and a good story line behind it. Mariah Carey also, im my opinion (and the producer of Ally McBeal) is a good actress! Give her a chance on her acting debut.
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Summary: an ok movie
Review: this movie was ok for Mariah Carey's film debut but other than that the movie was not the good it hasd some good parts in it but overall not one of my favorite movies
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Summary: ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD...
Review: I viewed this film with some trepidation, given the panning it got from the critics. Well, to my surprise, it is nowhere near the worst movie of the year. While it is not in the same league as the film, "A Star Is Born", from which it borrows heavily, it is certainly not without some redeeming qualities.
The film basically chronicles the rags to riches story of talented singer, Billie Frank (Mariah Carey). Her mother, a woman with a substance abuse problem, sang in dives for a living, before abandoning Billie to the custody of the state. Motherless, Billie grew into a lovely, young woman. Having inherited her mother's talent, she, too, became a singer, working as part of a trio, until discovered by DJ of the Year, Dice (Max Beesley). Dice, in effect, becomes her manager and producer. They also become an item, until his svengali act wears a bit thin. Struggling to be her own person, they part company still loving each other. Just before disaster strikes, they realize just how much each loves the other. Billie also realizes that, despite personal trials and tribulations, the show must go on. While Mariah's performance has been heavily criticized, I think that she has taken a drubbing that has not been totally warranted. Her singing in the film is top notch, though her acting, admittedly, is a bit wooden and limited. It runs the gamut from sheepish grins to deadpan delivery. She needs work in the acting department, no doubt about it. Max Beesley, however, is surprisingly good in the role of Dice, though he is hampered somewhat by the screenplay. His lines are not much better than Mariah's, though his delivery of the lines is superior to that of her delivery. The rest of the cast is fine, doing the best that they can with the lines with which they have to work. Part of the problem, obviously, is the material with which the cast had to work. Kate Lanier's screenplay is nothing to write home to mother about, with stilted dialogue and a story line that fades once it stops borrowing from "A Star Is Born". The thing to do, when borrowing heavily from another film, is to do it better not worse. In this, the screenplay fails. The screenplay, however, is not the only problem with this film. Director Vondie Curtis Hall was a trifle ham handed in his direction, at times. This is no surprise, if his his commentary, which was surprisingly inarticulate, is any indication. Still, though not the best film, it is far from the worst. If one is not, however, a Mariah Carey fan, deduct one star from my review.
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Summary: This movie is Mariah's entree into the world of Hollywood
Review: Although critics disdainfully trashed the movie and its leading lady, Mariah's movie debut is an entree into the world of acting and Hollywood. Mariah's reputation as an actress is secure because she not only produced the movie, she also produced the soundtrack. Society and media needs to acknowledge Mariah's potential as an actress instead of having a disdainful view toward her. "Glitter" shows how her character(Billie) rose to musical stardom despite her hardships. Her mother was an extraordinary taleted jazz singer who is down on her luck due to her drug and alcohol addiction. Billie's father is a rich married white guy who had a one night stand with her mother and have never showed any interest in her at all. He simply threw money at her mother who was recently fired from the nightclub and told them never to show up in the affluent neighborhood again. Her mother was forced to give up her lovely daughter after an accidental fire in their run down house, due to carelessness, to a state-run orphanage. Once again, her father didn't take her in. Her mother promised that she would fetch for her once she got herself clean. The truth is that she never cleaned herself of drug and alcohol and was shown roaming the streets of New York until later in the film when she finally cured herself of those things that ailed her. The film never fully explained the cause of her addiction. Billie met her two companions, Roxie and Louise, at the orphanage, who were played by Tia Texada and Da Brat respectively, who became her lifelong friends. The three were eventually adopted into a loving family who genuinely cared for them until adulthood. In the early 80s, Billie was given a chance to shine in the entertainment world with help from her soon-to-be boyfriend named Dice, a little-known New York DJ who first discovered her singing talent when she was a backup singer for mediocre singer Sylk. She moved into her boyfriend's house soon after and he helped her develop her musical talent. Trouble came later when her boyfriend became resentful of her astronomical success as well as an unpaid debt to her old producer who is Silk's boyfriend. She broke up afterwards. Then she hook up with an aspiring singer played by Halle Berry's husband, Eric Benet, who had done a duet with her. Then later on in the film, her ex-boyfriend was murdered and she and her mother finally reunited in rural Maryland at the end of the film. Please have an open mind. Go rent the movie today at your nearest video store.
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Summary: Not a hit, but it shows promising future...
Review: Though it's not Academy Award material, not bad for Mariah being it her first time. The movie wasn't a blockbuster success, at the height of September 11th, no one was really interested in going to the movies a few weeks after the incident. But anyone with an open-mind to see this film might either be pleased or not; the story line is ok, but it could've been better. Though there's no reason to slam Mariah and her personal breakdown which had nothing to do with her debut film. For all you hopeless-romantics out there, give this movie a try. This is just the beginning for Mariah's movie career and whether people like it or not, she's not backing down. For the past 10 years she's given us numerous strings of number one hits -- album after another every year...keep in mind, she's also human. An artist breaks down doesn't mean it's the end forever...so here's to Mariah! And a new chapter begins...
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Summary: Great!
Review: The critics bashed this movie because Mariah's in it. Shes not that bad in this movie accually if you just try to like it instead of knowing your gonna hate it. This is a really touching story in my point of view. It made me cry!
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