Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody currently has an average rating of 6.9 out of 10 and has been rated by 159 users on our platform.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

Naomi Ackie is excellent in the title role and the film delivers all the singer’s big hits...

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Anders Korsgaard Pedersen
rated 7

Beautiful tribute to one of the worlds greatests singers. But way too predictable and glossy. We only see the surface of a turbulent life. And like any biopic it is way too long.

11 months ago
Florian Wendorff
rated 6

A film like a subway: we go from station to station of her lifebut barely know her better when the movie is finished. It's more like that the movie tries to build a monument of her life instead of rising uneasy questions. Sure, we see her dru...

1 year ago
Critic Joyce Slaton
rated 6

As Houston, Ackie is vibrant and sympathetic. She's larger than life, just as Houston was herself...

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Critic James Mottram
rated 8

It’s quite a feat, but one she just about pulls off, as the film celebrates her generational talent rather than dwell on the darkness.

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Critic Kelechi Ehenulo
rated 6

...Lemmons’s solid encapsulation of Houston's life from strict church upbringing to superstardom portrays the singer as humanely as possible.

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Critic Katrine Sommer Boysen
rated 5

Houston spilles overbevisende af Naomi Ackie (...) som gennem sit spil og sin sang formår at formidle et troværdigt billede af sangerinden.

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Critic Andreas Samuelson
rated 6

Stjärnskottet Naomi Ackie fullkomligt lyser som Whitney Houston i denna biopic...

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Ronny Svensson
rated 8

En livfull dramadokumentär om världens största kvinnliga artist där Naomi Ackie briljerar i huvudrollen. Vi får oss till livs några fantastiska sångnummer där vi hör Whitney på ljudspåret men liveframträdandena är tekniskt strålande genomfört och ...

1 year ago
Carina Scharling
rated 7

Fint indblik i Whitneys liv - godt skuespil, men “følte ikke rigtig whitney”. Underholdende film jeg kan anbefale

5 months ago
Knud Gaarde
rated 7

God indsigt i hendes liv og kampe

1 year ago
Uffe Spohr
rated 10

Fantastisk sunget

10 months ago
Fredrik Dagsberg
rated 6
10 months ago
Poul Jensen
rated 7

Jeg kan godt lide biografi, få historien bag...
Naomi spillede fantastisk. Masser af god musik.

6 months ago
Critic Nicki Bruun
rated 7

...en medrivende fortælling om en kvinde, der forsøger at løsrive sig fra et forventningspres, som bliver hendes endeligt.

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Critic Emma Thimgren
rated 7

Filmen har den storslagna glamouren från Baz Luhrmanns Elvis, samtidigt som det är en rättvisande återupprättelse av ikonen Houston som väjer undan från det groteskt snaskiga som vi såg i höstens Blonde.

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