Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Directed by Kasi LemmonsA joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom.
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- Kevin WardJuly 4, 2025This is a bit of a mixed bag as far as music biopics go. First, Naomi Ackie is really excellent and handles all of the elements with precision from Whitney’s mannerisms and movements the incredibly difficult task of lip syncing to Whitney’s vocals. It’s not easy to make lip syncing look believable, but I think for the most part it’s accomplished really well. There is simply no substitute for Whitney’s voice and being able to use all her original recordings is a huge plus. The film does really well to recreate/recapture many of her Houston’s most iconic moments. Even though there isn’t anything as flashy as say a Baz Luhrman musical, director Kasi Lemmons does enough to summon the emotions of seeing these moments in real life. Unfortunately, much of the behind the music drama isn’t as compelling depicted. It could have (and should have) been so much more. But even though the drama is a bit surface level and boring at times, Whitney’s voice serves as the ultimate cheat code. If the audience starts to get bored, just hit ⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️ and her rendition of the The Star Spangled Banner and the 1994 American Music Awards medley starts playing. It’s hard not to be moved to tears knowing that that voice was silenced so prematurely. Ultimately, it’s a nice tribute, but not a great biopic. P.S. I didn’t know where to fit this in to my review, but I found it humorous that it was clear that they could only obtain the rights to a single 1.5 second clip of Kevin Costner from The Bodyguard. They must’ve paid a pretty penny for it though, because they used the sh🤩 out of it in that segment of the film. 😆
- UniqueMovies Deb HSeptember 17, 2025Being a singer and recording artist myself and following after Whitney Houston's singing and recording career, watching this movie has hit my emotions extremely hard 😞 Whitney Houston was one of the first singers that I ever followed after in my own singing career 🎶🎙️🎵 I personally was labeled a white chick with a chocolate heart 💜 ❤️ 🤍 💙 And hearing and learning of her death immensely tore my heart apart into shreds!! My emotions were so strong That I even wrote a song titled Whitney 🎙️🎵🎶🎤 My friends and family loved the lyrics so much that they continue to ask me to read the lyrics over and over again. 🎙️🎵🎤🎶 This movie hit me so hard in my heart and my emotions that I had to take a break from watching this movie to write this review. And that's what I'm doing now. Not even halfway through the movie. 🎙️🎵 This movie is so well created, The storyline is wonderfully, Beautifully done, And the actors did a beautiful job.. 🏆🏆🏆 The actor portraying Whitney I could tell she was singing because i could see all the muscles in her neck and all the muscles around it working out just like when a singer would actually be singing. But of course we weren't hearing her voice. In actuality. We were hearing Whitney Houston's voice from her recordings!🎤🎶🎙️🎵 Whitney wanted to be seen and heard for who she was not for all the glitz and the glamor and the music and the money 💰 I love the fact that she wore jerseys when she went to the stadium to sing the Star-Spangled banner 🎋🎋🎋 Whitney was a beautiful down-to-earth lady.. A little girl locked inside of a woman's body.🌟🤗 Inside she was screaming so loud and nobody heard her. So she decided to leave us.😞 Whether she decided to leave us intentionally? or maybe it was just an accident? It tears my heart apart again just to think of how she ruined her life putting chemicals into her body that she shouldn't have. Just like the song 🎙️🎶🎙️ didn't we almost have it all🎤🎶🎵 Then her sweet daughter decides to leave the world the exact same way🎤🌟🎤 I'm sorry and I regret to say that when Whitney started getting into her drugs and her voice started going downhill is when I stopped following her 😞😞😞🌹❌🌹🕊️🕊️🕊️ I couldn't stand and didn't want to know what was going on in her life.🎵🎤🎶 And then that's when I heard that she left us all! 🌹The scene in this movie where it shows Whitney fighting with her dad while he was in the hospital in bed is not true. It's all fictional for the movie. In real life she visited him and made amends for all the arguments that they did have in the past. She did not show up for his funeral though. She had her own private service with her own prayers. 🙏🙏 This movie is a very good movie. Very well done. A must see and worth the watch!!🌹🕊️ ❤️Technically, Whitney Houston died of a broken heart ❤️ May my sister Whitney Houston always rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️ I love you, Whitney. 🎤🎶 I will always 🎤 love 🎤you!!🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Kevin Costner was the producer and director of the bodyguard. He chose Whitney Houston to play the part that she played. 🎤🎶🎤 He also expressed his true real love for her saying that "she is his one true love" they did have in fact a platonic relationship, but Kevin Costner admitted that he was truly in love with Whitney Houston ❤️🌹❤️🕊️🕊️🕊️ I never knew that until my recent research on him and her in the movie The bodyguard. Then it makes me stop to think, No wonder they're chemistry was so hot and so beautiful in the bodyguard movie! 🥰 It's easy to portray a part in a movie, a romantic part in a movie, especially when you already have romantic feelings for that person ✨🌹✨ I will never watch a movie about Whitney Houston's life again. This movie was very hard for me to watch for the reasons that I explained in the beginning of this review. I don't ever want to have to remember how Whitney Houston ended up in the end. I always want to remember how she was and that movie The bodyguard. 🎤🥰 Singing, " I Will Always Love You" 🎶🎵🎶🎵
- ƇJanuary 29, 2025🎶Whitney Houston rises from unknown gospel singer to global superstar. A routine, run of the mill seen it all before but still enjoyable music biopic with an excellent performance from Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston and good supporting performances from Stanley Tucci as her manager and Clarke Peters as her father in a movie which should at least please Whitney Houston fans covering the period from her discovery in 1983 up till her death in 2012 with a checklist covering her greatest hits.
