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By Kim Hughes (164) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 29 Dec 2022

Better and more candid than anticipated yet still weirdly underwhelming, big-budget Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody achieves…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 29 Dec 2022

A by-the-numbers, slightly fictionalized chronicle of the rise and fall of pop singer Whitney Houston (Naomie Ackie), the film struggles to…

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By Sarah Hagi (23) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 29 Dec 2022

While the content of the film is flat, Ackie truly shines as Whitney throughout the various stages of her career, and manages to bring the…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 29 Dec 2022

It’s a film that ultimately feels less like a celebration and more like further exploitation of the star, leaving us all with much more unsettling…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Robert Daniels (336) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 29 Dec 2022

The indelible, unmatched voice of Houston may live on, but I Wanna Dance with Somebody lacks the ingredients of what made Houston a force that…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 29 Dec 2022

I wanna feel the HEAT … but I don’t…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Jluis_001 (2,242) on 28 Dec 2022

Anthony McCarten, the writer of this film also wrote Bohemian Rhapsody, so I'm not surprised I Wanna Dance with Somebody is such a simplistic…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Kyle Smith (1,916) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 28 Dec 2022

Following closely the standard playbook for biographical movies of the kind that television smoothly produced in the ’80s and ’90s, Whitney…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Amy Nicholson (961) for The New York Times (9,847) on 28 Dec 2022

Ackie doesn’t much resemble the superstar, although her carriage is correct: eyes closed, head flung back, arms pushing away the air as if…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Scm2Ii99 (1) on 27 Dec 2022

Great movie. I enjoyed every minute of it. Even though it is long, time goes by fast…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Mattyice34 (99) on 26 Dec 2022

It’s incredibly generic, as all these wiki-biopics are, but credit goes to the film for not shying away from Whitney’s personal life (unlike…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Davon (3) on 24 Dec 2022

Naomi Ackie gives an Oscar were the performance as Whitney Houston in I Wanna Dance With Somebody who was the greatest voice of our time…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Loverboy36 (8) on 24 Dec 2022

Super disappointed… Nothing was good, it was just blend and boring. But I linda liked Naomi’s acting…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Nutpnutp (7) on 24 Dec 2022

Music was good, but everything else was bad Such a big let down. Not recommend…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Paula Akpan (1) for Time Out (7,510) on 23 Dec 2022

Across 146 minutes, the film does its best to cram in every detail on the pop singer and actor (played by Naomi Ackie) and her meteoric ascent…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Jako7403J (4) on 23 Dec 2022

Great perfomance by Naomi Ackie, she was able to capture the heart, the soul and personality of one the greatest singers of all time…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Jmha (1) on 23 Dec 2022

Enjoyable movie with a great actress! Listening to Whitney’s songs in a cinema is another level…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Littlegizmo (25) on 23 Dec 2022

No no no no no no no thanks bye bad bye bad bad bad bad bye bye bye I dont wanna dance…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Viethung0274 (1) on 23 Dec 2022

One of the best movies of the century so far…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Patrice Witherspoon (71) for Screen Rant (892) on 22 Dec 2022

I Wanna Dance with Somebody celebrates the star that captured the hearts of many fans around the world…

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