Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
critic Reviews
, 43% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Another wiki-biopic for posterity's sake, the relatively watchable I Wanna Dance with Somebody leaves you feeling like you were on stage with Whitney Houston, but didn't really get to dance with her.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJenny NulfAustin Chronicle
WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY is like the SparkNotes of [Houston's] life, a smattering of collected moments that feel hollow.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreStephen RomeiThe Australian
It is a celebration of her too-short, spectacular career but it does not ignore her drug use, her sexual relationship with Crawford, her tempestuous marriage, and her concert disasters.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDonald ClarkeIrish Times
I Wanna Dance with Somebody plays by the rules of the TV movie to efficient, if scarcely groundbreaking, effect. It will change no minds about Whitney Houston.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAmari GaiterAutostraddle
Instead of utilizing the biopic genre to reveal Houston’s deeper emotionality, experiences, and relationships, the movie often feels as though one is merely watching characters walk through a summary of her major live events
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
This doggedly formulaic picture struggles to capture even a fraction of the electrifying sparkle of Houston at the peak of her powers.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScorePeter TraversABC News
Naomi Ackie acts and lip-synchs her heart out as the longbird legend, but Whitney deserved a much better movie than this patchwork, cobbled-together biopic that barely skims the professional highs and personal lows that made up her tragically short life.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNate Tinner-WilliamsBlack Catholic Messenger
Ever so tidy, tying up loose ends that many Houston fans and onlookers likely wondered about in her final years and beyond. The resolutions did not always feel genuine, however, and at times seemed quite rushed.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMaxance VincentInSession Film
It's miraculous that a movie penned by the screenwriter of Bohemian Rhapsody would be worth watching, but Kasi Lemmons continues to prove she is a highly versatile filmmaker/actor whose imprint on cinema will be felt for decades to come.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMarya E. GatesCool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)
It wasn’t gay enough, but that it was gay at all gives me hope we’ll get this part of her story done right some day.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreNadine WhitneyMr. Movie's Film Blog
I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a disservice to the memory of Whitney Houston. Make a playlist, watch videos, dance to her music. That’s a better way to remember her.
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