TennesseeMovie Reviews

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  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly |

    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. Read full review

  • 63
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey

    Tennessee is drenched in melancholy, a trip through a tunnel of pain illuminated by a lone ray of light at the end. Read full review

  • 50
    L.A. Weekly |

    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. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times |

    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. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety | Ronnie Scheib

    Ultimately, nothing can save this pic from the warm fuzzies. Read full review

  • 40
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    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. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    It isn't saying much, but at least her (Carey) work here is more substantial than in the catastrophic "Glitter." Read full review

  • 25
    New York Post |

    A twist ending does nothing to make the previous 85 minutes interesting. Read full review

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