"WiseGirls" is Mariah's second movie after "Glitter", in which she played one of the leading roles. The movie was shot in the early summer of 2001 while Mariah was still making the final touches to the "Glitter" movie, its soundtrack and the promotion for the single "Loverboy".

A character-based comedy that paired Mariah Carey with Mira Sorvino and earned good notices and a standing ovation at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, "WiseGirls" landed on cable television rather than gaining wide distribution in theaters.

Mariah tells the New York Post, "That made me see how good an experience movies can be. When we showed it at Sundance, we got a standing ovation. Too bad nobody remembers the good movie, they just remember the great debacle. Sean Penn came up to me at a party after Sundance and told me he saw and enjoyed 'Wisegirls,' and not to give up just because of one bad movie. I was thrilled. You can't get better praise and advice in the movie business."