Glitter
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: September 21, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
14
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
3
Negative:
20
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60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Glitter is the week's only major Hollywood release, and it offers considerable escapist entertainment while hitting an affirmative note. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
And above all, the film is lacking in joy. It never seems like it's fun to be Billie Frank. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
Glitter is, if nothing else, comfortable with what it is, namely earnestly made, wholehearted schlock. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
This is the worst performance by a pop star in a dramatic role since Madonna suited up for "Shanghai Surprise." Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Helplessly clichéd, predictable and unaware of its own lameness, it could easily become a camp classic on the order of "Grease 2" and "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Read full review
30
Washington PostMegan Rosenfeld
We don't have much space to tell you about Glitter, so we'll be blunt. This star vehicle for singer Mariah Carey is primarily a showcase for her breasts. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
"Zis is not verking! Zee glitter cannot overpower zee artist!" That, in a sentence, sums up what is wrong with this picture. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Glitter, the kind of movie only 11-year-old girls who dot their i's with hearts would find bearable. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeJoan Anderman
It touches on universal themes of love, friendship, and family. Suffice to say it falls dreadfully short. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Even the soundtrack doesn't rescue the movie from its tedious banality. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
It doesn't help that Glitter is such a derivative mishmash of cinematic and real-life situations that it's nearly impossible to count all the ways. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It's doubtful that even a real actress could have triumphed over the rusty tinsel of Glitter, a hapless, retro-'80s ''Star Is Born.'' Read full review
20
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Take the G out of Glitter and it's litter.
20
TV Guide MagazineSteve Simels
A butt-numbing exercise in tedium, sporadically redeemed by moments of unintentional hilarity. Read full review
12
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Glitter does no one any favors.
10
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
A heart-wrenching debacle from the starting gun. Read full review
10
Film ThreatMichael Dequina
Just when you think it could not get more ridiculous, Hall, Lanier, and Miss Mariah go that extra mile. Read full review
10
VarietyRobert Koehler
Glitter deserves yet another title: "A Star Is Dull." As phony a vehicle as one could possibly concoct for a wannabe movie star, pic carries Mariah Carey into a swamp of gloppy melodrama. Read full review
10
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
Mostly dross, an unintentionally hilarious compendium of time-tested cinematic clichés that illustrates the chasm between hopeful imitation and successful duplication. Read full review
10
SalonStephanie Zacharek
I desperately wanted Glitter to be trashy and over-the-top, to be so courageously awful. As it is, it isn't nearly bad enough to be that kind of good. It's simply there, all dressed up with no place to go, and that's the most damning thing you could say about it. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleSteve Davis
Assure Patient, who has paranoid delusions about Jennifer Lopez being molded into the new M______ C_____, to rest easy because Lopez has never made a film as bad as Glitter. Read full review
0
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
How could a major studio -- in this case 20th Century Fox -- put its name on a production with a dim-bulb, tone-deaf script that piles howler on howler? Why couldn't someone save poor Ms. Carey from herself?
0
New Times (L.A.)Robert Wilonsky
Worst movie of the year. Read full review
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