Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022) by Tim Grierson for Screen Daily — 21 Dec 2022
This biopic reaches its high point early on, as Bafta-winner Naomi Ackie vividly portrays the pop star during her meteoric ascent. But once the film reaches Houston’s later career, when drugs and a difficult marriage began to take their toll, the story doesn’t just become more downbeat but also more of a slog, falling to find an insightful angle into this slow-motion tragedy.
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This review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022) was written by Tim Grierson and published by Screen Daily on 21 Dec 2022.
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody has generally received mixed reviews.
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