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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyMariah Carey is perfectly fine playing a waitress who dreams of becoming, yes, a singer -- even if the superstar's presence in such a small venture seems jarring.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyTennessee is drenched in melancholy, a trip through a tunnel of pain illuminated by a lone ray of light at the end.
- 50L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyWoodley’s film mostly floats along on its melancholy drift, so well-attuned to the low-key rhythms of its beaten-down characters that it never quite summons up enough energy for the rest of us, who are along for the ride.
- The dramatic payoffs are either nonexistent or overly manipulated, and for a journey that starts with so much deep-set pain and regret to end with a sentimental twist feels, to use a phrase anathema in Carey's world, off-key.
- 50VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibUltimately, nothing can save this pic from the warm fuzzies.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe good news for Carey is that she gets to prove she's a pretty decent actress after all. The bad news, of course, is that she's done it in a movie no one has any other reason to see.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIt isn't saying much, but at least her (Carey) work here is more substantial than in the catastrophic "Glitter."
- 25New York PostNew York PostA twist ending does nothing to make the previous 85 minutes interesting.