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Glitter

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6% Tomatometer 82 Reviews 48% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
Music legend Mariah Carey makes her feature film debut in this love story set against the backdrop of the New York club scene. Carey plays a young singer who overcomes a turbulent childhood and begins an exciting but often volatile and precarious journey to superstardom.
Glitter

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Critics Consensus

Glitter is a hodgepodge of movie cliches and bad acting that's sure to generate unintentional laughs. Unfortunately, the movie is not bad enough to be good.

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Christy Lemire Associated Press Mar 5, 2007
The best parts of this dud are the ones in which she's singing. This is what she does best. This is what she should stick to. Save your money and watch her videos for free on cable music-television networks. Go to Full Review
Colin Kennedy Empire Magazine Dec 30, 2006
1/5
Heroically bad. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian Nov 24, 2001
A sugary, over-produced power ballad of a movie. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 9, 2020
0/4.0
The film features a variety of sub-par supporting performances. Go to Full Review
Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Aug 22, 2012
2/10
Too washed-out and worthless to even be so bad it's good. Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 29, 2009
The sheer amateur writing, acting, and directing make "Glitter" yet another disastrous vanity vehicle that brings down Carey and everyone starring. Go to Full Review
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Mar 24, 2019 Cult classic. So bad its good. They should make a Rocky Horror-like musical out of this.
Kylo W Jan 3, 2019 Mariah Carey's debacle is a joke today and rightly so- this is an excruciating film to subject oneself to. Its too annoying to be considered so bad it becomes good and too boring to even entertain in bits. There are enough howlingly bad lines of dialogue in Glitter to provide occasional breaks of unintentional laughter, but, even with those interruptions, this movie is agonizing to sit through. Occasionally, I see a chunk of cinematic debris that strikes so many wrong chords that I can't figure out how the project was greenlighted in the first place. This is one of those incidents. Glitter lacks anything resembling a sparkle, and, as a movie star, Mariah Carey is the equivalent of a black hole. See more
Han P Nov 14, 2018 Well duh, its Mariah! She can do no wrong
Rey W Oct 9, 2018 Honestly, the movie really isn't that bad. It really got panned by people who just don't like Mariah Carey because they think she's some "Diva", without having watch any interviews about her, or knowing zero about her actual personality ( meanwhile they classified JLo as a nice person... Seriously?). The acting wasn't bad, and while I wish a better job was done with the music, I really have seen worse. I honestly think it would have did better as a television film rather than one to hit theatres. Between 9/11, and the fact that too many people were ragging on Mariah Carey at the time, it really didn't have any hope in the box office. But honestly, in my opinion, not a bad movie. Mariah Carey is actually a very talented actress as well as singer. See more
Anakin P Mar 9, 2018 guilty pleasure of mine, not a good movie but i didnt think it was bad either.
Finn S Feb 6, 2018 One of the most boring movies I've ever seen.
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Movie Info

Synopsis Music legend Mariah Carey makes her feature film debut in this love story set against the backdrop of the New York club scene. Carey plays a young singer who overcomes a turbulent childhood and begins an exciting but often volatile and precarious journey to superstardom.
Director
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Producer
Kate Lanier, Laurence Mark
Screenwriter
Kate Lanier, Cheryl L. West
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Laurence Mark Productions, Glitter Productions, Twentieth Century Fox, Maroon Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Brief Violence|Some Sensuality)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 21, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.3M
Runtime
1h 44m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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