Glitter

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Summary: God-Awful
Review: I used to wonder why it was poked at so much on Saturday Night Live, and now I know why.

I could not stay awake watching this movie, the acting was terrible. Good thing it was on TV, I'd NEVER take the time to rent it, let alone BUY it (just thinking of purchasing it makes my stomach turn).

The only reason it even made any money was because it was Mariah Carey's first movie. My opinion... stick to singing

Rating:
Summary: Good Effort MC!
Review: Well, as a Mariah fan, I can't hate this movie. And I do have to agree that it pretty much sucked. But Mariah will always be what the records say...The Greatest Selling Female Artist of All time!


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Summary: A different kind of review
Review: Yes, I haven't seen this movie. But rather than give you a lot of hyperboles relating to sewage or garbage, or subjective and personal reasons why this movie is good (and why Mariah Carey isn't useless as an actress), I will list some things I would rather do than watch Glitter:

3. I would rather sleep in a bunkbed under Oprah
2. I would rather engage in a frolicking threesome with Roseanne and her "cool" husband
1. I would rather play naked Twister with every one of the Golden Girls


Rating:
Summary: There's no 'sparkle' in this 'glitter'
Review: This move is as awful as everyone said it would be. I'm surprised that Amazon isn't selling it for $0.01. The movie is supposed to take place in 1983, but I didn't get that sense at all. Unless you want to see Da Brat in a dress, skip this at all costs.

Rating:
Summary: It Worked For Elvis Decades Ago
Review: This movie has an all too familiar theme - ripped right off those first few Elvis Presley movies - which bores you to death. Too predictably calculating and we've seen this type movie come along too many times, depending on the decade and its current most popular singer. This type vehicle is not for "actors" nor discovering "acting ability" - its more a stand, pose in an outfit, smile and lipsync your way through the horrible script. The rise and fall of Mariah Carey. "Glitter"s failure marks Carey as a "has been" pop star of yesteryear.

Rating:
Summary: BARF!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is the first time in my life that I've puked during watching a movie and while writing its review. This movie kills more braincells than cigarettes, alcohol, and Pokemon combined! Why hasn't the FCC, or whoever does the censoring in Hollywood, banned this movie? If I had children and I had to choose a movie to watch with them: between Freddy vs Jason and this movie, I would choose Freddy vs Jason. I am dead serious, people!

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Summary: Not just bad. WRETCHED. This is MST3K material
Review: What happens when an insecure late 20s pop singer fears her fifteen minutes of fame are almost up? She tries to cross over into other entertainment mediums she knows nothing about such as acting. What happens when said singer tries to act with no training? You get the disaster known as "Glitter."
"Glitter" doesn't "Sparkle" for Mariah Carey or help her attain her the "Fame" of her 80's contemporary Irene Cara. The plot is so predictable you know what's going to happen after watching the opening credits. Billie Frank abandoned by her mother and sent to a group home is going to grow up and MAKE IT BIG. On this journey down the yellow brick road to the riches her manager "Dice", two group home buddies and a cat that replaces Toto. Sadly the cat is smart enough to split halfway through this nightmare of a film and not come back until near the final act. If only I were as lucky as he is.
The story is supposed to be about life in New York City in 1983. I never got a sense of that period watching that film. (I grew up in NYC during the 80's and I wish it were that nice or that safe.) Glitter looked like the Disneyfied 2001 New York City not the grim gritty 1983 New York City. There was no "urban jungle" of burnt out buildings, dilapidated apartments, junkies, graffiti painted subways and dirty streets. Music was important to people because it was the only thing besides education that gave them hope in all that despair. For a lot of people it was their only ticket out of the ghetto. Had the producers of this film studied the era they put this film in (Fort Apache, the Bronx, Krush Groove, and Beat Street would have been great reference material to use for research) they would have understood how the dark mood of the city motivated so many to work towards their dreams. Instead they develop a shallow screenplay that glosses over those important that would improve the story and ignores cinematic details like mood, tone and atmosphere that would have made this boring film somewhat interesting. A story set in the REAL grim gritty 1983 NYC would give Billie some REAL motivation to beat the odds and make it big. She'd be singing her heart out because there would be no way else to go but in the grave.
The horrible cinematography makes Pearl Harbor's quick cut editing appears Oscar worthy. The camera doesn't stay in one place but a second before moving someplace else. I had to wonder if the cinematographer had ADHD. If you look closely you'll realize there isn't a close up to be found in this film, every shot is a wide shot that keeps you from focusing on the actor's faces. I guess the director was trying to cover for how bad the acting is in this film. And boy, does it stink. I've seen better acting in an eighth grade play than in this film.
Mariah Carey is wretched in the role of Billie Frank. She has a grand total of TWO facial expressions: Happy and confused. That's some acting range. Irene Cara (Sparkle) Diana Ross (Lady Sings the blues, Mahogany) and Judy Garland (A star is born) at least had some screen presence and gave good performances. Eric Benet is the only person to give a WORSE performance (ONE facial expression; a silly grin.) Everyone else phones it in realizing "all hope is lost," praying no one will see them in this horror of a movie or see it on their resume.
Unless you're a MST3K producer looking for a film Mike and the bots to bash avoid this trash. Get A star is born, The Five Heartbeats, or Sparkle. Both of those films are far superior to this.


Rating:
Summary: YOU GO GIRL!!
Review: I enjoyed this film. Mariah is brilliant. The soundtrack was 5 stars. All the bad reviews Ms. Carey got for this film was from people who would love to see her career fail. She took a huge risk and the result was BRILLIANT!! The movie and soundtrack are a must for all Mariah Carey fans.

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Summary: I Can't Believe She Was Serious!!!!!
Review: What a complete waste of film, take one EXTREMELY over-rated and marginally talented pop singer, stir in hopelessly recycled plot and various star-in-the-making cliches, and it adds up to far less than the sum of its rather meager parts. It wasn't even funny-bad, it was just plain BAD, PERIOD!

The whole sorry enterprise just shows how desparate Mariah was getting in trying to get people to take her seriously as an artist, predictably, it backfired.

Sorry Mariah, ain't gonna happen!

If nothing else, the film company should be PAYING people to take this worthless piece of trash home. Save your hard -earned money for something real.