Blu glitterato4/7/2023 Director Vondie Curtis Hall ( Waist Deep) seems content to simply capture the action, not shape it Surrounding that face and voice with anything noteworthy or capable of lifting them higher. Its problem isn't a lack creativity - rehash movies are nothing new - but rather its lack of authenticity, its linear focus on the face and voice rather Replace Carey with anyone who can carry a tune and there wouldn't be an inch of difference in the end Puts its pieces together competently and, even as the narrative lacks any genuine interest or novelty, it stays true along its linear A-to-B journey. Undersell its would-be case study companions in awful moviemaking. It's certainly a bad movie, but to label it amongst the worst of the worst is to The parts and pieces around its lead are capable of keeping up with the vocal talent Carey brings to the performance and the star power she bringsĪll that said, Glitter just isn't apocalyptically awful. Meant to propel its lead to stardom in front of the camera rather than only behind the microphone, the filmmakers have forgotten to ensure that Less a meaty movie and more a crudely put together vehicle Radiate her beauty and demonstrate her familiar (once?) vocal range and stylings. Glitter can't find anything of value to bring to the genre, content to allow Mariah to Troubled mother, herself, of course, once a singer, too. ( you've got me feeling) emotions ( deeper than I've ever dreamed of), and maybe even reunite with her long-lost and deeply Interest is in the bottom line, except for the artist, of course, who yearns only to use her music as an outlet to tell her story, explore her Glitter tells a terribly generic rags-to-riches story that offers a softly lined "edgy" look into the cutthroat music business where everyone's But will the realities of the cutthroat music business stymie her creativity and slow down her searchįor the mother from whom she was separated so many years ago? With Dice, and she seems on top of the world. Billie's star and stock in the industry soar, she begins a romantic relationship She's discovered by a producer named Dice (Maxīeesley) who promises to buy her out of her contract with Walker. Billie's voice quickly captures herĪttention, and when her vocal track supersedes the star's, her career gets a serious kickstart. Hired by a man named Timothy Walker (Terrence Howard) to sing backup for a fledgeling, no-talent performer. With a couple of friends from said orphanage, are slowly working their way up the music business ladder. And for whatever may be right or wrong with the movie, it's at least aīetter than the superstar's latest flubs that once again see her in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.īillie Frank (Mariah Carey) grew up in an orphanage after being separated from her mother at a young age. As it is, Glitter needs no introduction butĮverything it can latch onto to help it find a new audience for its latest release. Sales for her film, which is itself widely hailed as a cinema disaster, a movie desperate to find that cult audience that embraces the most popular ofīad movies. They say all publicity is good publicity, so maybe her recent headlines will spur on a few extra Blu-ray Square performance in front of the entire world, and it was only a couple of years ago that a the raw vocal feed from a Holiday performance leaked to the world's horror. Is this the best time for Mariah Carey's Glitter to see a surge in notoriety with its release to Blu-ray? The world-famous singer was recentlyĮmbarrassed by a faulty New Year's Eve Times Reviewed by Martin Liebman, January 9, 2017
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