WiseGirls, directed by David Anspaugh and written by John Meadows, is the story of three waitresses (Mariah Carey, Mira Sorvino, and Melora Walters) who work at a restaurant run by the Mafia and end up getting involved in their bosses' business. In the film, which made its premiere on January 13, 2002, during the Sundance Film Festival, Mariah plays a drug-dealing waitress named Raychel from Staten Island who, by befriending Sorvino's character, lures her into the restaurant biz, where the plat du jour is drugs.
“This experience was so great and just to have these two amazing actresses working with me and David Anspaugh creating an environment that allowed me to create a character and to allow me to go deep into myself and to do something different and explore a different side of my creativity,” Mariah told Reuters. “I would love to try to continue to do projects that are unexpected like this. Nobody's expecting this.”
At Santolino's Restaurant, there's something even scarier than undercooked scampi on the menu… murder! Raychel (Mariah Carey), Meg (Academy Award®-winner Mira Sorvino) and Kate (Melora Walters) are three waitresses who forge an unbreakable friendship when they find themselves involved in organized crime.
Through back room deals at the “family-run” Italian restaurant, the women discover that survival is going to depend on much more than just service with a smile!
