"Meg" (Mira Sorvino), a medical student, returns to Staten Island, New York, to help take care of her elderly grandmother (Isa Thomas), who is under the care of "Mrs. Saladino" (Tina Bruno), herself an older woman. As soon as she settles in and begins to help take care of her grandmother, "Mrs. Saladino" sends her to her close realitive who runs and Italian restaurant with an opening for a job as a waitress.
"Meg" goes for the interview with the manager, "Gio" (Joseph Siravo), who hires her and puts her under the wing of "Rachel" (singer Mariah Carey), the tough-talking head waitress. The two become friendly with another waitress named "Kate" (Melora Walters), who is on the shy and reserve side. The three become fast friends, and watch each other's backs on and off duty. And they become even closer when "Rachel" and "Kate" learn that they share a birthday.
The owner of the restaurant (Arthur J. Nascarella) often eats with his son "Frankie" (Christian Maelen). The owner begins to act fatherly towards "Meg" while the son is giving her the once-over.
Then an incident in the back room of the restaurant requires "Meg's" medical skills. The incident proves that there is more going on than eating at the place.
The first part of the movie has good character and story development, but lags many times. The musical score is also quite nice, but I did catch a couple of times when the music was a little louder than the dialog.
The cast does a good job making you believe in their characters. And the one who is the central figure in the major plot twist happens where the character reveals her/his true identity will certainly surprise you.
For a movie with the Mob as a central part of the plot, the movie is not too bloody. However, there are some fairly bloody scenes -- one of which might make you a little queezy.
Nothing much can be said for the visuals. There is some gun play in the movie, but they don't require spectacular special effects.
The movie is pretty good if you're spending the night at home, but I probably won't be adding it to my home video collection any time soon.
I'm a Mariah Carey fan and decided to check this one out. The movie was a bit obvious and ridicolous at times and funny at times that it shouldn't have been. Mariah's acting was still good though. She did the best she could with the crappy storyline she was given.
They made Meg cut a body into tiny pieces?? Had to close my eyes on that part. It was a pretty good movie..wonder why they didn't show it in the movies?
I never got the courage to see Glitter and the bits that I did see were awful. However Mariah is actually decent in this movie but it was kind of hard watching her be a mobster girl with the mouth of a sailor. Nevertheless, it's watchable.
EXCELLENT second effort that the media purposely refused to recognise. Oh well, I guess us unproffessionals will just have to rely on the recommendations of those little film festivals and their "meaningless" awards...
You know what...Mariah Carey should have premoted this film more. She is credible in this film as a tough acting waitress. Then you have Miro Sorvino...need I say more. too bad. Another lead might have saved this film.
it's a good movie and after seeing Mira in a role like this it's interesting to watch her be tough in other movies i think if a director chose her for a starring role she'd bomb(good kind ie she'd do well) it perfectly
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