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  • Summary: A moving and gripping drama of sacrifice and self-discovery; Tennessee is the story of three people who strive to realize their dreams. Brothers Carter and Ellis set out on a road trip to their childhood home in a desperate search for their estranged father, who may hold the key to their future. Along the way, they are joined by Krystal (Mariah Carey), who is trying to escape a troubled life. These unlikely traveling companions are guided in their mutual journey by the conviction that the only way to a new life is by overcoming their past. (Vivendi Entertainment) Expand
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. Reviewed by: Clark Collis
    67
    Mariah 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.
  2. Reviewed by: Tim Grierson
    50
    Woodley'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.
  3. It isn't saying much, but at least her (Carey) work here is more substantial than in the catastrophic "Glitter."

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