The last time I saw Mariah Carey in a movie was just recently, in You Don’t Mess With the Zohan. I hated the movie, and she did nothing to elevate it in my mind.
Anyway, now Vivendi Entertainment has acquired the domestic rights to her film Tennessee, which premiered at this spring’s Tribeca Film Festival.
And she’s going to have to do some pretty fancy acting to rise above Glitter and, well, any other acting she’s ever done.
More after the jump…
It’s a quiet, moody drama centering on two lower-middle class brothers (Adam Rothenberg and Ethan Peck) who take to the road to resolve their economic and health challenges. Along the way they meet and bring along a waitress (Carey) whose dreams of a singing career have been dashed by a bad marriage.
It’s not a musical, but Carey performs the original ballad “Right to Dream,” which she co-wrote with Willie Nelson. The movie opens in theaters this December.
Image: WiseGirls, Lionsgate Films, 2002
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