The toughest part about watching this straight-to-cable movie is not dismissing it immediately just because Mariah Carey is in it. Once I got over that, I found Wisegirls surprisingly warm, mainly due to Mira Sorvino's presence. Sure the Mob waitresses story is a stretch sometimes, but Mira's strong acting keeps it from sinking into blah-dom. And despite it all, I actually like how it ended.
What's with Mira's career anyway? She's an Academy Award winner (Supporting Actress, Mighty Aphrodite) for pete's sake, and here she is in a movie with Mariah Carey. She's been on a steady spiral downhill, appearing either in bombs like At First Sight and the currently-playing Gods and Generals, or little-seen moves like Between Strangers and The Triumph of Love. Even Marisa Tomei, the much-maligned Supporting Actress winner who received tremendous amount of flack for not deserving the award, has gotten her second Oscar nomination, finally disproving her critics.
Mariah Carey proves once and for all that she really can't act. If she weren't the famous personality that she is, her character in the movie would've been summarily dismissed as a minor role and relegated to an unknown actress. Whose bright idea was it to pair her up against an Oscar winner anyway? Do they really want us to draw comparisons? And would Ms. Carey please give up the notion that she can be an actress and focus on saving her flagging music career? Pretty please?
What's with Mira's career anyway? She's an Academy Award winner (Supporting Actress, Mighty Aphrodite) for pete's sake, and here she is in a movie with Mariah Carey. She's been on a steady spiral downhill, appearing either in bombs like At First Sight and the currently-playing Gods and Generals, or little-seen moves like Between Strangers and The Triumph of Love. Even Marisa Tomei, the much-maligned Supporting Actress winner who received tremendous amount of flack for not deserving the award, has gotten her second Oscar nomination, finally disproving her critics.
Mariah Carey proves once and for all that she really can't act. If she weren't the famous personality that she is, her character in the movie would've been summarily dismissed as a minor role and relegated to an unknown actress. Whose bright idea was it to pair her up against an Oscar winner anyway? Do they really want us to draw comparisons? And would Ms. Carey please give up the notion that she can be an actress and focus on saving her flagging music career? Pretty please?