The Bachelor (1999) is a romantic comedy about Jimmie Shannon (Chris ODonnell), who values his freedom more than life itself. As his male peers, even his best buddy, Marco (Artie Lange), begin to hook up in marriage, Jimmie continues happily plugging away with his dating lifestyle, in no rush to find the one.
When he least expects it, Jimmie crosses paths with the adorable Anne (Renée Zellweger) and falls in love. After a three-year relationship, Jimmie feels the pressures of commitment and decides to "give in", reluctantly proposing to Anne at the most romantic of restaurants. Sensing his uncertainty and angry over his botched and lame attempt at a proposal, Anne dumps Jimmie back into the town known as "Bachelorville."
Shortly thereafter, Jimmies grandfather (Peter Ustinov) passes away and wills a $100 million inheritance to his grandson, on the condition he marries before his thirtieth birthday, which is less than twenty-four hours away.
After seeking advice from the family attorney, Gluckman (Ed Asner) and stock broker, ODell (Hal Holbrook), a desperate Jimmie hastily arranges for a priest (James Cromwell) to wait in the wings while he finds a bride.
He tries to reconcile with Anne and several other ex-girlfriends, including Buckley (Brooke Shields), a well-to-do ex-debutante; Ilana (Mariah Carey), an opera singer and one of Jimmie's ex-girlfriends; Monique (Katharine Towne), a chef; Daphne (Jennifer Esposito), a cop; Zoe (Stacy Edwards), a window dresser; Carolyn (Sarah Silverman), a college student; and Stacy (Rebecca Cross) a commodities broker. Through these hilarious antics, Jimmie cant help but discover the true meaning of love.
Mariah had a cameo role in this film as an opera singer and one of Jimmie's ex-gilrfriends. Chris O'Donnell (seen above with Mariah) played the bachelor. Mariah did a pretty good job delivering her role. She gave a funny performance.
Glitter (2001) is a story about a young singer, Billie Frank (Mariah Carey), who overcomes a turbulent childhood and struggles to find her true family and her true voice. Billie is discovered by a DJ named Julian Dice (Max Beesley), a charismatic, irresistible "bad boy" deejay who soon becomes her partner, producer and lover. With Dice, she begins an exciting but often volatile and precarious journey as she struggles through both her personal and professional life. The movie shows Billie riding the roller coaster to superstardom with a tearful yet joyful climactic conclusion. The film takes place in the New York club scene of the early 1980's, and Billie is a member of an all-girls group. Da Brat and Tia Texada play group members. Glitter was an idea conceived by Mariah, though it is not intended to be perceived as autobiographical. I love the movie and soundtrack to Glitter, which has an 80's feel to it that I could dance to and lovely ballads. Two thumbs up for Mariah! She did a great job and it would be great to see her do more acting in the future.
Wise Girls (2002) was Mariah Carey's third movie project/appearance. The independent movie, which also stars Academy Award winning actress Mira Sorvino and Melora Walters of Magnolia, is about Meg (Sorvino), a med school graduate who after her fiancé's death takes a job as a waitresses at an apparantly mob-owned restaurant. She befriends two other waitresses, Raychel (Carey) and Kate (Walters), but they all end up getting involved in their bosses' unlawful business. Mariah plays Raychel, a loudmouth waitress from Staten Island. The movie is directed by David Anspaugh, written by newcomer John Meadows and budgeted at $10 million. Wise Girls premiered at an industry screening at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival on January 13 and was very well received by both critics and audience. The movie is action-packed and very fun to watch. It shows Mariah taking on a different role, which is great. The film had its TV premiere on Cinemax on October 19, 2002 and is set for VHS/DVD release on December 31, 2002.
