• Glitter (2001)

    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.

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Glitter
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Release Date: September 21st, 2001

DVD Release Date: January 15th, 2002

PG-13 |1 hr 44 min

Plot Summary

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.

Cast: Mariah Carey, Maxton Beesley, Da Brat, Tia Texada, Valarie Pettiford, Ann Magnuson, Terrence Howard, Dorian Harewood

Director: Vondie Curtis Hall

Genres: Drama

Production Co: Laurence Mark Productions, Glitter Productions, Twentieth Century Fox, Maroon Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia

Distributors: 20th Century Fox

Keywords: Melodramatic, Mother, Underdog, Rise, Friend, 1980s, New York City

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  • 50
    Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times

    And above all, the film is lacking in joy. It never seems like it's fun to be Billie Frank. show more

  • 25
    Carrie RickeyPhiladelphia Inquirer

    "Zis is not verking! Zee glitter cannot overpower zee artist!" That, in a sentence, sums up what is wrong with this picture. show more

  • 0
    Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal

    How could a major studio -- in this case 20th Century Fox -- put its name on a production with a dim-bulb, tone-deaf script that piles howler on howler? Why couldn't someone save poor Ms. Carey from herself?

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