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Glitter
List Price: $9.95
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$7.99
on 12-8-2008
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Actors: Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, Da Brat, Tia Texada, Valarie Pettiford
Directors: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English, French
Subtitles: English, French
Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: 
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Release Date: January 15, 2002
Run Time: 104 minutes
Average Customer Review:
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Reader Reviews
It all began back in 1990, when a young music sensation with a vision of love set out to make it happen, giving us emotions deeper than we'd ever dreamed of, and warning us that someday, ooh, someday, she'd be the only one we'd be wishing for. And for a while, when this hero came along, with the strength to carry the world of music along, it seemed as if we couldn't live if living was without her. Let it be known, Mariah Carey was a favorite during my formative years, her music providing an outlet for emotional grief as well as jubilant bliss. As I grew up, it seemed she did not, as her music generated into little more than Britney Spears for the over 30's. And like most musicians and singers, Carey decided to take the fateful step into mega-stardom by bringing her voice, her looks, and her breasts, onto the big screen. That's where "Glitter" comes in, though I doubt the movie is more of a rise for the starlet than it is a crushing blow. It couldn't have come at a worse time, too, as Carey, suffering from various mental breakdowns and delusions of the booty-licious Jennifer Lopez trying to steal her fame, was more or less fragile. And while it may not be cordial to kick people when they're down, I think the atrocity that is "Glitter" is enough exception to this rule. The movie is pretty much a fictionalization of Carey's own rise to stardom, beginning with the life of young girl Billie Frank, whose mother works as a lounge singer. One night, a carelessly lit cigarette results in a change in Billie's life: she is forced to leave her mother and become the property of the state, living in a child care home and making two best friends who, you guessed it, will remain by her side, through thick and thin, throughout the entire movie. This I can stomach, but I'd like someone to explain to me just how her cat, seen as a kitten in Billie's younger years, also remains by her side throughout the entire movie. Getting back to the story, the movie skips a couple of years to find itself in 1983, where Billie is working as a backup singer, until she is discovered by famous DJ Dice (Max Beesley), who makes a deal for her contract and begins making her into a star. But while Billie wants to spread her wings and prepare to fly, Dice sees fit to rule over her decisions, his antics keeping her from such prestigious events as the USA Music Awards, and coming between her and her tag-along best friends. So what's a diva to do? Leave him, go back to him, pout and leave again... you see a pattern here? Of course you do: "Glitter" makes it so that no event, no plot development, however well-intentioned, is not foreseen at least half an hour before it arrives. The rags-to-riches story is so old, so worn out, that the film is like a slap in the face to the intelligence of moviegoers everywhere. The movie makes attempts to get our attention with two main subplots: Billie's search for her long-lost mother, and Dice's debt to Billie's former producer. Sadly, neither of these carry enough potency to make us believe in the material. I guess one could enjoy "Glitter" as an unintentional comedy, with its hilariously uproarious depiction of the 80's club scene in the Big Apple, and the abundance of lines like "I can't do this without you" and so forth. The real gut-buster is seeing Carey trotting around in front of the camera, putting forth her best effort, and seeing her fall flat on her face on almost every attempt. When she's not speaking, the movie almost shines; she opens her mouth, dialogue or musical number, and all that glitters is not gold. I can't really stand up for the movie on the grounds that longtime fans of Carey's music will appreciate the effort put forth here, either. Being a fan of her many songs before the downfall that began with her "Rainbow" release, I'm an avid believer that when Britney Spears hit the scene, Carey got nervous, thus the release of such brainless, beatless, mainstream songs as "Heartbreaker" and "Loverboy," one of the film's many incessantly played tracks. The soundtrack for "Glitter," populated with songs from its main attraction, is little more than a testament to my theory concerning her career's slow decline; whereas Carey used to be a trend-setter, she now sees it fitting to follow suit instead.
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