Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

The songs and music is he reason why I gave it 2.5 stars (I got goose bumps and tears every time I heard a song) but the movie lacks substance and misses many of her life's special moments, like the huge hit of her mivie and her special performance for Michael Jackson. It also didn't have the right timeline. I Have Nothing was made for the movie The Bodyguard, not after! The ending was abrupt short and a bit confusing, for me. If you love Whitney H, you'll love this movie for the fact that they play a lot of her hits.

I Wanna Dance With Somebody is a biopic that simplifies the hard live of Whitney Houston, while they delete any content that a 9 year old couldnt watch. Yes, they mention she had an addiction to drugs, or an abusive husband, but you will never see nothing but the top of the iceberg. If you want to know the most important moments of her live, you will see them, but with anything remarkable rather than Stanley Tucci and the songs, and you will do this for 2 hours and a half.

Very good performance by Naomi....Nice movie...!!!!

Awful. How can an huge artist like that get such a bad movie? Empty. With no soul at all. Really terrible.

An embarrassing mess. Can't recommend at all. She deserved better than this.

Great movie, I enjoyed it, The actress portrayed her did a great job, But doesn't look that much like Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston is a great singer, She have great music, I felt like they could've added more to this biopic of Whitney Houston, But it's way better than the life time biography, 4/5 R.I.P. Whitney Houston♥️🕯️

Why does this site keep taking down my review? Is honesty such a touchy subject for people? If I could give this movie less than half-a-star, I would. I love biopics and there have been so many incredible ones. So, for someone as renowned and great as Whitney Houston, this film quite frankly was not an accurate reflection of what she achieved and the legacy she has left behind or even who she was as a person. Naomi Ackie as Whitney was miscast, as she looks absolutely NOTHING like her. I think it was important to get the casting right as Whitney was renowned for her beauty (as she was a model first and foremost) before she signed with Arista. Let's be real, do you think Titanic would have done so well at the box office if they didn't cast a very young and gorgeous Leonardo Dicaprio to look at for the next three hours? The story for IWDWS was bad and just jumped from place to place with inaccuracies all over the story. If you want a better and more truthful look at Whitney, read her friend Robyn Crawford's book or watch the Whitney documentary by Kevin MacDonald. Both did far more to uphold Whitney's legacy.

I enjoyed it. If you're alone on a weekend and you feel like having a glass of wine and learning 90% more than you did about an abused pop star, give it a go. It won't give you nightmares, it won't make you swoon, but it will give you an appreciation for the beautiful, flawed, human being behind the pop star who was devoured by the media and her own family. This film inspires a new generation of strong and powerful women.

I've given up after 15 minutes. The actress playing Whitney looks nothing like her, if this was the only issue I would continue watching but it's also very cringey. Such a shame, I usually love biopics.

I liked the fact they played whole songs so you could enjoy the music but I didn't feel Naomi looked like her. The best bit was the end credits. Another catastrophic popstar life, greedy and pushy parents, very sad. RIP to her mother who I discovered as I watched it had died today.