Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): susan granger 's review of " glitter " ( 20th century - fox )
there 's less here than meets the eye .
or , put it this way , if you thought madonna was awful in " shanghai surprise , " mariah carey 's worse in this reworking of " a star is born .
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she plays billie frank who , despite being abandoned by her singer / alcoholic mother ( valerie pettiford ) , believes she 's destined for greatness because everyone tells her she is .
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you 've got this amazing gift , and you got ta use it , " her roommate says .
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your voice - it 's incredible , " says another singer .
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i ai n't never met anyone like you , " proclaims julian " dice " black ( max beesley ) , the hot new york dj who becomes her svengali - like producer / lover .
problem is : her signature song , " i did n't mean to turn you on " is wretched .
and when she fumes out of filming her first music video because the director wants to " exploit " her by having her wear a bikini , the audience bursts into laughter .
exploit mariah carey , who chooses to wear as little as the law will allow ?
come on !
writer kate lanier 's script is fatuous and director vondie curtis - hall does n't have a clue how to handle the glitzy pop diva and , as a result of their incompetence , whispery - voice'd
ms .
carey seems to be embarrassed on - screen .
she almost cringes when the camera comes in for a close - up , pursing her lips and averting her glassy eyes .
talented british musician max beesley appears equally inept , and as cinematographer geoffrey simpson pans around the manhattan skyline , there 's an audible audience groan when the twin towers of the world trade center come into view .
perhaps one of the reasons ms .
carey suffered her highly - publicized nervous breakdown this summer
is because she saw a preview of this clunker
.
on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , " glitter " is a pathetic
1 . right now ,
it 's tops on my list of the worst of 2001 .
Output (English): N