You know what people - shut up already!!!!!!!! I got to say, this is the second time I say this movie. I watched it last night on TCM. I really enjoyed it. I mean I like Mariah but I'm in total love with Valeria Pettiford, who plays her mother. I mean she's not in the movie a lot, but she's there. I mean come on, this a B movie and everyone knows it. But it doesn't stink like everyone says.
It tells the story from beginning to end, with a little power struggle in between. It has a start, a middle and an ending. About a little girl who has a horrible childhood, but ends up becoming a star in her own right. It's a lot of little girls dreams.
Anyway, Mariah did this herself, after this movie she went down hill and fast, but look at her now - she's at the top of her game. That's what it's all about.
See it again, but this time, stop being so damn critical. You people don't go to the movies anymore to just enjoy the picture, your so busy looking at the flaws in the movie. Like Bad lighting or bad character introduction - come on - just watch the ()%&#*(&% film and enjoy it. Stop being critics and start being MOVIE GOERS.