Poor Glitter, and poor Mariah, who had a nervous breakdown over how this movie was received by the critical establishment! The relationships she has with, and her feelings towards, every character she interacts with in the film is beautifully fleshed-out and drawn with a broad brush. The best parts of this dud are the ones in which she's singing. Still, the flimsy narrative and predictable couplings leave GLITTER without gloss. "Glitter" really isn't as bad as the critic's wrote in their reviews. Okay, for the record, this was a lousy film. It's yet another rewrite of "A Star Is Born", here turned into a vehicle for pop star Mariah Carey and apparently patterned after her own rise to the top (audiences weren't fooled, however, by the updated, late-night-movie clichés). "Glitter" opens as a freewheeling trip back in time to the '80s when the clubs were king and the music was decadent. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets To say this film is bad doesn't do it justice, this film is a criminal waste of time and money when you think of all the great scripts and creative writers out there who can't get a break. *1/2 from ****. I don't know how many of you have ACTUALLY seen this movie but I recently rented it out of morbid curiousty and a sadistic love of BAD cinema (and of course making fun of it)... and I did give it an honest chance. Mariah Carey cannot be excused from this wreckage.... Are you sure there's no way to vote ZERO? True, this is no cinematic marvel, but this movie does not deserve to be number 13 of the bottom 100 movies as commented on by IMDB audience. This movie bombed big-time when it opened, I saw it in the theater with an audience of 5 other people and have watched it several times since. This is what she should stick to. I have to first explain I only saw this film as I happened to be in when my best friends' girlfriend (a devout Carey fan) decided to rent this film out. Yes, there were some moments in the film where Carey's acting was sub-par, but overall she seemed confident playing her character and did a pretty good job of portraying her as well. critics consensus Glitter is a hodgepodge of movie cliches and bad acting that's sure to generate unintentional laughs. That would explain the presence of Ann Magnusona as a press agent for the record company. That a movie as famously bad as Glitter has not entered this realm of camp, even after fifteen years, is telling. It's a musically inclined film without a decent soundtrack to back it By the second week, the film dropped 61.1% on tickets sales, ranking at number 15 on the Box Office. Personally, I do not understand why this movie has received much bad press. Glitter was released in the United States on September 21, 2001. It's all because of this film. A desire to dream". In my perverse desire to see every film in the bottom 100, I thought I could not go far wrong with a rental of this classic POS. lifepod (1981): movie review LIFEPOD (1981) – Previously Balladeer’s Blog examined the worst movies from the Robert Emenegger/ Allan Sandler collaboration, most of them with Steven Spielberg’s sister Anne … plus half the Cameron Mitchell family. M ariah Carey’s new movie, Glitter, has finally given the singer an excuse to dig out her old high school 45s and fully transform herself into the ‘80s discoball diva she is at heart.For years, Carey has attempted to shed her adult-contemporary origins, incorporating hip-hop into her music by enlisting the talents of rappers like Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Da Brat. What makes Glitter a bad movie is that it's a bland, soulless procession of clichés, exactly like Mariah Carey's songs. Every so often critics, (who are cynical bastards anyway) seem to pick out a movie to practice witty cruelty upon as a sort of mental exercise. Max Beesely looks like a porno Luke Skywalker...The Shaggs had more talent. flawed....but let's be honest, there are MUCH WORSE FILMS, so bad it goes past good and comes back to bad again. Glitter review. It's got some decent music in it, and things do go on (Unlike Gigli or Ishtar). "Glitter" made me feel as if I had been poisoned. Telepathic songwriting? Although it did have redeeming qualities, it was kind of boring. Every scene transition is another wtf moment. With Mariah Carey, Eric Benét, Max Beesley, Da Brat. Release year: 2016 The Glitter Force fends off Emperor Nogo's minions while working together to refill the Glitter Chest with charms and revive Queen Euphoria. Even fans of bad movies will have a tough time with "Glitter", which commits a number of gross sins while it is on your screen. However, it is kind of underwhelming and boring. Quite simply the worst film I have ever seen bar none!. | Public Enemies (Mike) begrudgingly watches 2001's Glitter starring Mariah Carey and finds 10 positives to take from the movie Copyright © Fandango. After forty-five minutes I started reading the newspaper, after fifty I couldn't care less if the video chewed itself up! While it's not the best film I've ever seen, it certainly is not even close to being the worst. Sadly, she was apparently absent the day other key elements were taught. On its opening day, the film grossed an estimated $786,436 in 1,202 theaters. Bangaru Bullodu Movie Review : This Allari Naresh starrer has no glitter or shine Times Of India Thadhagath Pathi , TNN, Jan 23, 2021, 04.07 PM IST Critic's Rating: 2.0 /5 Mariah is sincerely likable and sings beautifully. Mariah Carey's first and so far only feature film is an example of how the combined MPAA and RIAA attempts to shovel garbage at us are starting to backfire. Sign up here. Find Family Movies, Movie Ratings and Movie Reviews Not great but not terrible. But when it comes to plot, it is fairly predictable, but there is a reason why there are so many films that share this plot line about fame: A Star Is Born, Dreamgirls etc., it is a part of fame. FAQ If only the movie had contained more cringe-worthy gems like those! Every colour of the rainbow, and some even out of the range of the known colour scheme, are clearly and sharply delineated by Mariah in every frame of this masterpiece; every subtle shade and nuance of Billie Frank is drawn with precision sharpness and crystal clarity. The worst scenes as follows: This is a great film. The film did have some touching moments and a … So bad it's fabulous. If you're a big Mariah Carey fan, I suppose this would be about a 5 but other than that, in my humble opinion, it falls into that "average-bad" category. It's incredibly hard to view 'Glitter' objectively given the facts that it was a huge Box Office bomb and that also the leading lady who was supposed to prove she was not only a singer but a an actor too, despite being mentally ill at it's release. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy Seeing 'Glitter' with an open mind, despite its notoriously awful reputation, it is not quite as horrendous to be down there with the worst films of all time, but the problems 'Glitter' has are plentiful and are significant enough to consider it a very bad film still. A classic rags to riches tale that seems to have been written by a teenager. To me, this points up a problem with how our culture reviews movies. Terrible acting is Jessica Simpson in "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "Blonde Ambition." and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. | Too washed-out and worthless to even be so bad it's good. This fails to convince on several levels: Carey's assumed edginess; Beesley's faltering Brooklyn accent; turns from such celebs as rapper Da Brat and soul vocalist Eric Benet; the half-hearted '80s references and the haphazard retro effects. A singer (Mariah Carey) gets her big break when she meets a disc jockey (Max Beesley). It is said that the ultimate sign of true artistry in film is when one can look at any single frame of a motion picture and instantly know what is going on just from the facial expressions and body language of the actors within. And derivative. If nothing else, at least it killed a career. I think it is time for people to stop treating this film as if it is the worst film to grace the screen, there are far worse films and this film, while not the greatest, should get the benefit of a doubt. In conclusion, this is a dime-a-dozen bad movie. Carey's performance here is nothing less than pathetic, the script is remarkably basic and lifeless. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. "Glitter" really isn't as bad as the critic's wrote in their reviews. Carey's funky/erotic music is driving (and her performance as blazing new talent Billie Frank is adequate), but the script for "Glitter" seems left over from the 1950s. It was still utter crap on stick. Now I'm not saying that this review is completely un-biased, after all, I'd been brought up on a healthy diet of Mariah Carey, but I did rent this movie a few weeks ago (it being not released to cinema) due to pure curiosity. Save your money and watch her videos for free on cable music-television networks. ‘Trolls’ Review: A-List Animated Musical Is Colorful, Forgettable Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick lend their pipes to otherwise generic kids’ movie based on vintage toy line Given nothing but a bare-boned outline of a plot to work with, Ms. Carey explodes across the screen with a depth and complexity of character unseen since Vivian Leigh's multi-faceted Scarlet O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" back in 1939. I saw it in the theatres when it first came out. Sort of an R&B version of "A Star Is Born", you will find yourself laughing in all the wrong places. Glitter is definitely not as bad of a film as the critics described it as. Glitter 2001, PG-13, 120 min. The music is fabulous and Mariah and the cast are great. Vondie Curtis-Hall tries to invigorate the bland script by careening his cameras throughout the streets and club life of Manhattan while Carey's glorious voice is drowned out by sheets of off-key cliches. It tells us that Glitter commits a higher sin than being bad. I think the greatest flaw in the film that there has not been that was not enough time dedicated to explaining certain aspects of Billie's emotions. At any given moment, one can look at Mariah's Billie Frank and instantly see every idiosyncrasy of the woman inside. Read Full Synopsis Cast + Crew Vondie Curtis-Hall ... Movie Reviews Presented by Rotten Tomatoes. "Glitter" certainly exemplifies this theory. Now when it comes to the acting, I'll admit it is not great but no means it is terrible. It is boring. ‘The Glitter in the Green’ Review: Blink and You’ll Miss Them The smallest avians have always captured imaginations—sometimes to their own detriment. Re-watch and you'll see what I mean. My best friends' girlfriend a confirmed Carey fanatic confessed that even she thought this film was utterly dire and I can't repeat what she said about it for fear of inducing and multi-million pound libel case! This movie seems to be made for a 10 hr television series but was edited to become a telemovie instead. Mariah is good in this and so is the soundtrack. The only element of this movie that satisfies my so-bad-it's-good criteria is the character of Mariah's boyfriend. Forgot your password? All rights reserved. Comments; The tagline for Glitter is "A strength to survive. Glitter's rhyming slang is well earned. Here’s the basic plot (a generous use of the term, here). A young singer dates a disc jockey who helps her get into the music business, but their relationship become complicated as she ascends to super stardom. I was expecting Ishtar. The picture moves fast and sensibly as we watch Billie's rise to stardom. Glitter deserves yet another title: "A Star Is Dull." By Total Film 23 November 2001. I can explain what I mean. The facts have been changed by writer Kate Lanier. Sadly, Glitter does not have a leg to stand on. Actresses of a lot higher caliber than Mariah Carey have fallen into this trap--they just don't want to see themselves on the screen acting bitchy and tough, so they end up playing the simp. I finally picked up the courage to rent this this video for just 2 bucks. The inexplicable glitter strip (note: watch for continuity errors in its location)? It's so badly botched that it's entertaining ... for all the wrong reasons. Not even in the bottom 100 at all. Sure this movie was not of the caliber of an Oscar nominated film, but it was fairly well acted, and entertaining. Sales of Mariah's recordings, once one of the highlights of an otherwise dreary RIAA mainstream catalogue, have slumped. Glitter: Trailer 1 1 of 1 Glitter: Trailer 1 Glitter Synopsis. But what a piece of low class crap this is. The most unsympathetic cast of characters since "A Clockwork Orange?" This film wasn't as bad as I thought but it wasn't good. It took me two tries to get through this movie. Movies ‘Chathur Mukham’ movie review: Manju Warrier’s ‘techno-horror’ has a few surprises up its sleeve Movies Remembering Prathima Devi Movies … Mariah Carey gives her worst performance ever in movie histroy - same expression for joy, pain, rejection etc. A film by Vondie Curtis-Hall There are some movies you watch because you think it is going to be a good movie and what you know about the movie sounds interesting. It sucked, but it wasn't the sort of movie that scars one for life. Move over, Meryl Streep and Dame Judy Densch...the next wave of young thespian geniuses is storming the screen, and the path is being blazed by stunning Mariah Carey. Glitter is mildly fascinating because it is essentially the most stripped-down, bare-bones, fleshless version of the "rise to stardom" plot you can get. The bad rep it got at the time doesn't stand the test of time. This is what she does best. If poor Mariah Carey suffered a well-publicized breakdown prior to the release of this disposable display, imagine what she'll feel like to learn that she may have appeared in one of the worst ill-advised pointless flicks of the year. I've seen a lot of bad movies, for proof you can read some of my other reviews on this site, which are mostly of Bottom 100 movies. Carey simply can't act, she is truly awful in this film as are most of the rest of the cast. I kid you not this is a really awful movie... only the most inept movie fan or an insanely die hard Mariah Carey fan could ignore the gaping holes in plot, directions, style, and acting that Glitter presents. ...because, as her vanity project, she undoubtedly had the final yea or nay on what went into this mess. The same cannot be said for poor Padma Lakshima. Some bad movies, such as Showgirls or Mommie Dearest, become camp classics over time as people come to forgive their shortcomings, and just groove on their excesses. It was almost physically uncomfortable watching the performances in Glitter. And the less said about the bizarre, almost random editing choices the better. Scene composition is flat and dull, evoking memories of bad holiday TV movies, while failing to establish intimacy with the characters or goings on, even in close up. After enduring Mariah Carey 's film debut, Glitter, I'm reminded of a bit from Chris Rock's Bigger and Blacker. Here you have the whitest man on Earth, saying 'hip' things like "I'm a'ight" and "when you got no food in yo crib". MOVIE REVIEW. The sheer amateur writing, acting, and directing make "Glitter" yet another disastrous vanity vehicle that brings down Carey and everyone starring. "Glitter" features some rich cinematography (nice shots of the Big Apple), but it is too soft to make an impression--even as an unintended comedy. Each and every word Mariah speaks in "Glitter" was meticulously delivered by her, and obviously carefully studied during perusal of the script. But what a money this was! Why is Glitter rated PG-13? Awards New Reply Follow New Topic. The PG-13 rating is for some sensuality, language and brief violenceLatest news about Glitter, starring Mariah Carey and directed by . Not very good. The 'story' is a semi autobiographical account of the leading lady's life, which is always a sign of a weak plot but this just takes the biscuit! Though unintentional laughs are there to be had ... Glitter never quite crosses into the so-bad-it's-good realm to make the film worthwhile. Don't let the blind Mariah fans fool you - it is just as bad as critics say, and deserving of its bottom 100 status. "Showgirls" made me feel giddy while I was watching it. Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall. The picture quality for the Blu-ray is superb, although the sound seems slightly less impressive. And that just makes it boring-bad instead of spectacularly bad. Yes i've read the critics,and i think all who wrote bad things about the movie really didn't understand it.It is a movie that i want to see again and again.Yes, i am a huge Mariah fan but i will analyse this movie in cold blood.Indeed the acting is sometimes bad,and what do you expect, she is a singer after all.Still this doesn't make an obstacle in seeing the movie,that flows like juice in a glass.The movie is relaxing ,the songs are good, and if you love Mariah, you will love to see a part of her life at TV.I understand that she was upset after the movie, it was not the critics that upset her.It was the fact that she put a part of her life in this movie and most of the world didn't appreciate it. Personally feel that Ms Carey took a bad movie is not even close to being the.... 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