YMMV / Tennessee

• Awesome Music: "Right to Dream" which, despite being Mariah's only song in the film, was well received.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Frank Evans's being a competent and seemingly compassionate police officer at work but immediately reverting to being a domestic abuser at home hits hard today, considering that a fair number of cops in real-life have been caught abusing their families.
• She Really Can Act: Mariah Carey's performance was praised here, and considered far superior to her role in Glitter
• The Woobie: Our main trio fits this trope perfectly.
  • Carter was a victim of child abuse by his despicable, alcoholic father. As a result, he has a violent temperament as an adult, narrowly placing him into Jerkass Woobie territory.
  • Ellis is also a victim of the same abuse his brother went through, and now he's carrying terminal leukemia, yet despite all this, he somehow manages to keep a huge smile on his face.