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Mariah's first starring role was in Glitter (2001), and in it she played a struggling musician in the 1980s who breaks into the music industry after meeting a disc jockey (Max Beesley). While Roger Ebert said "[Carey]'s acting ranges from dutiful flirtatiousness to intense sincerity",[1] most critics panned it: |Halliwell's Film Guide called it a "vapid star vehicle for a pop singer with no visible acting ability",[2] and The Village Voice observed: "When [Carey] tries for an emotion—any emotion—she looks as if she's lost her car keys."[3] Glitter was a box office failure, and Carey earned a Razzie Award for her role. She later said that the film "started out as a concept with substance, but it ended up being geared to 10-year-olds. It lost a lot of grit ... I kind of got in over my head."[4]
- ↑ Ebert, Roger. "'Glitter' glosses over important moments". Chicago Sun-Times. September 23 2001. Retrieved from the Wayback Machine on March 17 2006.
- ↑ Walker, John. Halliwell's Film Guide 2004: 19th Edition (2003). pg. 338. UK: HarperCollins Publishers Inc. ISBN 0060554088.
- ↑ Atkinson, Michael. "Eat Drink Man Mariah". The Village Voice. September 26–October 2 2001. Retrieved March 17 2006.
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