Chu–helmed Britney Spears movie and Madonna’s long-awaited self-directed feature. The Meaning of Mariah Carey, cowritten with author Michaela Angela Davis, was a moving and vulnerable ...

with high crescendos and demanding Mariah Carey-esque bridges that most other performers would find impossible to pull off. In contrast, many of Britney Spears’ cuts sounded like autotune had ...