Glitter | | Cast : | Mariah Carey, Eric Benét | | Director : | Vondie Curtis-Hall | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 21, 2001 | | DVD Released Date : | March 23, 2004 | | Language : | French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | the movie was {BAD}but then again{SO WHAT}! | Content
 | THIS MOVIE WAS BAD.WITH A OK SOUNDTRACK TO GO WITH IT.
BUT DOES IT REALLY MATTER SHE HAS 13 #1 HIT'S! NO SO BAD HUH!
IF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A MADE FOR TV MOVIE FOR MTV OR VH1. NOBODY WOULD HAVE EVEN CARED HOW BAD OR EVEN GOOD IT WAS.
DON'T JUGE HER ON ONE FLOP.JUGE HER ON HER TOTAL COLLECTION OF WORK.[AND THE GOOD IS 100X BETTER THEN THE BAD]
[a fan of #1 hit's and mariah carey has plenty]
{TONY~TONI~TON`E}:ROME,NEW YORK:HOME OF WOODSTOCK 1999
P.S.:THERE IS NOT ONE ACTOR OR SINGER WHO HAS HAD AT LEAST ONE FLOP;AND THAT IS THE TRUTH! (KEEP YOUR HEAD UP;AND TRY AGAIN) |
| Rating | | | Date | July 07, 2005 | | Summary | Not that bad... | Content
| I was pretty ticked at the way critics bashed Glitter. It's far from award winning cinema, but it's tolerable to some extent, and also somewhat enjoyable. The 80's feel and old school music make it that much better. You don't have to be a Mariah fan to enjoy it. And in my opinion--HER acting wasn't the problem. It was her horrid costars that needed the lessons. Just give it a chance before you completely write it off.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 05, 2005 | | Summary | This is an enjoyable movie! | Content
| I'm not even a Mariah fan and I enjoyed it immensely! She's really an okay actress, and Max what's-his-name was excellent as Dice. Da Brat was amusing. Give this cute movie a chance! |
| Rating | | | Date | May 25, 2005 | | Summary | Glitter- Right on Mariah! | Content
| This movie is a compelling multi-tiered story of a burgeoning love affair and a phenomenally talented singer's rise to prominence. Mariah Carey is stunning in her portrayal of Billie Franks. There are literally insufficient accolades to capture the magnificence of her voice. This movie engages one emotionally, as one finds himself cheering for Billie's successes and lamenting her losses. The movie also offers an interesting albeit superficial perspective of the music industry.
Max Beesley gives a remarkable performance as Dice, Billie's love interest. Mariah also performs credibly in her acting debut. Billie is abandoned as a child by her mother due to economic pressures and is raised in the foster care system of New York City. Billie forms life-long friendships with two other girls whom she meets in a foster-care facility. The movie carries the friendship forward in a seemless fashion.
Billie and her companions secure back-up singer roles with a pathetically untalented and narcissitic singer. Dice, a popular DJ discovers that the untalented singer is duping the public by lip-syncing to Billie's extraordinary vocals. Shortly thereafter, Dice convinces Billie to allow him to produce her music. In the process of gaining substantial eminence in the music industry, Billie and Dice fall in love. Old debts resurface in Dice's life and cause turbulence in their relationship. Tragically, Bilie and Dice's love affair ends at the moment of Billie's realization of her dreams. This tragedy is somewhat offset by Billie's reunion with her mother. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 24, 2005 | | Summary | 2.5 stars | Content
| When I heard mariah was shooting a film set in the 1980's music scene and recording new music for the soundtrack matching the sounds of the 80's, I thought it would be a great collaboration with catchy grooves and mariah's great vocals. I was proven wrong when I saw this movie. I didn't bother seeing it at the theatre but I did rent it when it was released on video. The plot itself is not a bad plot, it was just very jagged and it didn't really seem like 1983 at all, it looked like it was in present times, but then again this movie was rushed in it's production and you can tell with the way things are going too fast in the movie and how it becomes more and more predictable each time. I love the part where mariah is sitting at the piano writing the music for twister and how her boyfriend is also writing. But I did not expect him to die in the end, I found that very sad and Mariah then sang the finale by singing the ballad Never Too Far. It was that song that gave this whole Glitter project something relevant to go on about. Get the soundtrack if you can, it's not the best, but definitely worth it for the ballads and the eric benet collaboration, but the movie isn't all that. Check out prince's purple rain instead if you want to see a music-movie that was well produced. |
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