I Enjoyed Mariah Carey's Glitter more

Rating: Null/10 (25 March 2002)

For my taste "Glitter" was a more satisfying musical. This film seemed very cold which did not sit well with me for watching a love story. Though I was very impressed with the fact that Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor could sing as well as they did, and listening to familiar old love songs incorporated into a new muscial was novel and fun, I could not warm up to the cartoon-like 2 dimensional characters. I found myself visually stimulated by the color and excitement enough to hold my attention to the end, but had no sentiment for the characters nor sympathy for their plight; and nothing really memorable that stuck with me afterwards. It was worth seeing, but the quality of musical talent, the overall attractiveness of the romantic leads both physically and emotionally were more satisfying in the love story "Glitter". Not by any means a flawless film either, but more satisfying in my book.