Mariah Carey Gets Rave Reviews

It has been seven years since Mariah Carey, 38, released the semi-autobiographical film, Glitter, which has probably only been watched about seven times. "The whole Glitter experience was very, very hard to go through, but I learned a lot from it," Carey admits in a statement. After the disastrous movie, Carey is back with yet another road-trip flick, entitled Tennessee, that premiered at New York's Tribeka Film Festival last year. According to Reuters, the movie follows the travels of two brothers who are seeking their estranged father, where they meet Carey, who plays a waitress named Krystal. "Mariah said, 'This is going to be refreshing for me; this is actually something that I want,' even knowing that it was a gritty, hard shoot," director Aaron Woodley told Reuters in an interview. "Some people even told me that they forgot it was Mariah Carey when they were watching the film." Reportedly, Carey won rave reviews for her performance in WiseGirls,, a comedy-drama that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, showing that she truly is talented. "She's not a diva and she came to work -- and work hard she did," said Tennessee producer Lee Daniels, who recognized: "People do feel negatively about her as an actor."