It was about seven years ago that US pop star Mariah Carey’s movie “Glitter” bombed in the box office, sparking critics to labe it “disastrous.” Well she’s at it again in the road trip drama “Tennessee” in theaters in December. See more photos and video of Mariah Carey below.
Mariah Carey
The movie, directed by Lee Daniels and acquired by Vivendi Entertainment, debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York this spring. The storyline is about two lower-middle class brothers (Adam Rothenberg, Ethan Peck) who take to the road to resolve their economic and health challenges. Along the way they meet a waitress (Carey) whose dreams of a singing career have been dashed by a bad marriage. In the movie Carey performs the ballad “Right to Dream,” which she co-wrote with Willie Nelson.
The BBC’s Mark Savage watched the film at the Cannes Film Festival where it was also previewed and Aaron Woodley, from Time Out New York magazine also viewed the film. Both were surprisingly impressed.
“Carey is so good, in fact, that the film feels rather flat when she’s off-screen,” says Savage. Woodley adds, “Carey is surprisingly subdued here. She mostly keeps her celebrity complex at bay, allowing her to effectively embody her level headed Southern-gal character.”
We’ll see if third times a charm for Mariah Carey. Her first movie, “Glitter” earned just $4.3 million at the North American box. She also had a cameo role as herself in this summer’s comedy “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.”
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