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42 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    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. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    63
    Tennessee is drenched in melancholy, a trip through a tunnel of pain illuminated by a lone ray of light at the end.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    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.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    50
    The dramatic payoffs are either nonexistent or overly manipulated, and for a journey that starts with so much deep-set pain and regret to end with a sentimental twist feels, to use a phrase anathema in Carey's world, off-key.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    50
    Ultimately, nothing can save this pic from the warm fuzzies.
  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    40
    The good news for Carey is that she gets to prove she's a pretty decent actress after all. The bad news, of course, is that she's done it in a movie no one has any other reason to see.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    30
    It isn't saying much, but at least her (Carey) work here is more substantial than in the catastrophic "Glitter."
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    25
    A twist ending does nothing to make the previous 85 minutes interesting.
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