Glitter (2001)

Directed by

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Genre

drama film, musical film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 171 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aspiring singer named Billie Frank works as a club dancer with her friends. A music producer helps them become backup singers and she meets a DJ who helps her launch a solo career. Billie and the DJ fall in love.

romanticaspirationalglamorousdramaticsentimentalupbeatmelodramaticnostalgic

What happens

Glitter is a 2001 American romantic musical drama film written by Kate Lanier and directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall. It stars Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, and Terrence Howard. Carey plays Billie Frank, an aspiring singer who, along with her friends Louise (rapper Da Brat) and Roxanne (Tia Texada), is a club dancer. Music producer Timothy Walker (Howard) offers them a contract as backup singers/dancers to another singer. At the premiere of the song they record, Billie meets Julian "Dice" Black (Beesley), a nightclub DJ who helps establish her solo career. In the process, Billie and Dice fall in love. Carey began working on a film and soundtrack project titled All That Glitters in 1997, but it was put on hold in favor of other commitments with her record label. Following this, she aimed to complete the film and album project for the summer of 2001. Shooting began in Toronto and New York City at the end of September 2000. Carey used the time to work on the soundtrack of the film, along with Eric Benét and Da Brat, who also appeared in the film. The film and its accompanying soundtrack's release dates were delayed after Carey was suddenly hospitalized, citing "extreme exhaustion" and a "physical and emotional breakdown". The film was released on September 21, 2001 by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada and by Columbia Pictures through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International in international markets, ten days after the release of the soundtrack on September 11, 2001. Glitter was widely panned by critics and audiences and was a box-office bomb. Reviewers were highly disappointed with the film, along with Carey's performance, earning her a Golden Raspberry Award for worst actress. This also caused the film to receive negative commentary on social media sites, with Carey herself later admitting that she regretted being part of the film. Some went on to call it one of the worst films ever made. Glitter opened in 1,996 American theaters, and grossed $2.5 million in its first week, with a worldwide total of $5.3 million against a $22 million budget. The soundtrack of the film achieved moderate commercial success and went on to sell over two million copies worldwide, considerably less than Carey's previous releases. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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