Regie:
Kasi LemmonsScenario:
Anthony McCartenCamera:
Barry AckroydMuziek:
Chanda DancyActeurs:
Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Tamara Tunie, Clarke Peters, Ashton Sanders, Nafessa Williams, Tanner Beard, Bria Danielle Singleton, Daniel Washington (meer)Streaming (3)
Samenvattingen(1)
Whitney Houston begint als koormeisje in New Jersey tot ze door platenbaas Clive Davis ontdekt wordt. In de jaren ’80 wordt ze beroemd en ontpopt ze zich tot een van de meest succesvolle en bekroonde zangeressen aller tijden. (Pathé)
Recensie (2)
If I had gone to the movie theater to see this biography, I would have been disappointed. I definitely agree with the opinion that even an average documentary would easily surpass this feature film. A weak, uninteresting work that only exists to illustrate the book of Whitney Houston's first partner Robyn Crawford A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston (2019).
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A mere average among musical biopics. It’s classically sleek with a structure that has been tried hundreds of times and a very eager performance by Naomi Ackie at its centre, but she doesn't really sing what we hear in the film with her voice. The characters we follow over a span of years to decades don't age, nor do they seem drug-addled, though realistically they should, and the whole thing drags like glucose syrup. It may satisfy die-hard Whitney Houston fans, but otherwise it's more of a backdrop to do the ironing a Sunday afternoon.
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