Glitter (2001)

User Rating:

2.0/10   

Director:

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Writers (WGA):

Cheryl L. West (story)
Kate Lanier (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Music | Romance

Tagline:

In music she found her dream, her love, herself

Plot:

Similar to Mariah's life story. Mariah plays the role of a young singer who is eager to become a big star. She dates a DJ who helps her get into the music business.

Plot Keywords:

Music Business | Concert | Music Producer | Songwriting | Murder

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Mariah Carey	...	Billie Frank
Max Beesley	...	Julian Dice
Da Brat	...	Louise
Tia Texada	...	Roxanne
Valarie Pettiford	...	Lillian Frank
Ann Magnuson	...	Kelly
Terrence Howard	...	Timothy Walker
Dorian Harewood	...	Guy Richardson
Grant Nickalls	...	Jack Bridges
Eric Benét	...	Rafael
Padma Lakshmi	...	Sylk
Don Ackerman	...	Peter
Ed Sahely	...	Francois
Carmen Wong	...	Rose
James Allodi	...	Video Director

Also Known As:

All That Glitters (USA) (working title)
Glitter and Gold (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sensuality, language and brief violence.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37746) | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Greece:K | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

During filming, tracks using backup singer Mary Ann Tatum were used in place of Mariah Carey's voice to avoid bootlegging. Carey recorded her vocals close to the release date of the soundtrack, and all lead vocals used in the film are hers.

Goofs:

Plot holes: When Billie and Dice are in the limo, Dice mimics what Rafael said to Billie at the party. However at that point Dice was not with them to hear this - he was off in the crowds at the party.

Quotes:

[after seeing Sylk's lip synched performance which featured Billie's voice]
Dice: Man, Sylk. That was amazing.
Sylk: Really? Did you like it?
Dice: I had no idea you could blow like that.
[Sylk puts her arms around Dice]
Sylk: [suggestively] I didn't know you were so interested in how good I could blow.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)

Soundtrack:

Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight

so bad it goes past good and comes back to bad again

I rented Glitter because I'd read it was destined to become a 'so bad it's good' classic, but I was disappointed. This is no Showgirls. What makes Glitter a bad movie is that it's a bland, soulless procession of clichés, exactly like Mariah Carey's songs. And that just makes it boring-bad instead of spectacularly bad. And though Mariah is plenty vacuous in the starring role, she doesn't reach the heights of strenuously bad acting that Elizabeth Berkeley does in Showgirls. The only element of this movie that satisfies my so-bad-it's-good criteria is the character of Mariah's boyfriend. 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". If only the movie had contained more cringe-worthy gems like those!