Atom User Reviews for Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

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Angel Ocasio
#boring
#cliché

An incoherent montage of Whitney's life.

TS
T S
#lovestory
#datenight
#truestory

Awesome Movie! Focusing on her great Music & Career and not the Tragedy. Songs bring back great memories!

LM
Lati Mill

It was okay. I could've been longer and more detailed about her life.

PW
Patricia Wade
#mustsee
#truestory
#allthefeels

Didn't want to like it, but I LOVED it. A very moving & sensitive Tribute. I love that it ended on a positive memory & the pictures from her life at the end are nice.

TA
Timothy Alston
#truestory
#greatcast
#surprising

I was so glad to see her dynamic interpretation of Whitney's characterization! so amazing and brought chills to my body on the performances

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Sidney Eliepierre
#lovestory
#mustsee
#truestory

The tragic story of a talent lost too soon to the negative side effects of stardom and sudden wealth

SW
Steven Webb
#justokay
#notmyfave

I think they did a good job, I just wished they would not have gone so deep in her drug addiction and concentrated more on the good things about her.

JK
Joyce Kraus
#joycekconway

The movie was done very well. The actors did a great performance. It was not violent, graphic sex, or inappropriate in any way. I loved the singing.

TC
Tony Chow
#allthefeels
#great
#intense

I felt like it were Whitney herself acting in the movie. It is as impactful as Bohemian Rhapsody to me.

AR
Angela Roland

Really good movie. Told differently from any I've seen before.

RH
Rose Hegedus
#truestory
#greatcast

Thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Naomi did an awesome job portraying Whitney.

BW
Bruce Wayne
#inspiring
#mustsee
#epic

This movie was probably one of the best. I’ve never been so awestruck in my life.

TK
Taylor King
#mustsee
#inspiring

One of my favorite movies now

RK
Ron Keith
#truestory

It was too long and 20 minutes of previews was way over the top, i think the cost of the movie was too high. I don’t think Atom done me any good since I lost the five dollar tmobile discount because the theater was closedon the original dsy because of a winter storm

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Nickolas Gutierrez
#lovestory
#great
#mustsee

one Person that I didn't like was Bobby Brown they was he was Using Drugs and other stuff .

NB
Nolita Bentley
#mustsee
#great

I really enjoyed this movie. It showcased her rise to stardom and focused more on her personal struggles. Definitely gone too soon. Whitney was a powerhouse!

TL
Travis Louviere
#datenight

An absolutely amazing tribute to one of the greatest vocalists of all time. Hope they do more like this

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Desmond Withers
#original
#mustseebro
#truestory

One of the greatest movies of all times

SJ
Stephen Johnson
#truestory
#greatcast
#great

excellent cast. acting was great. all of the characters were well done

KM
Kat Morrow
#allthefeels

this movie was fantastic, the singing, the clarity, the memories. I cried, sang, and reminisced. the best part is my husband usually falls asleep on our movie night, but he was up enjoying it just as much as me.

CM
cc malcolm

never seen the movie and noone would help with a gift card or refund.

SV
Sinnarith Vann
#inspiring
#epic
#mustsee

I was so beyond amazed! I actually felt like I was living through Whitney and omg did I have all the feels! Tears and heart ache all the way!! Whitney is a freaking warrior

EH
Emile H
#music
#inspiring

A LOT of details that I got lost in her story, but showed the highs and lows of fame and fortune with a greedy family not ready for that power

JM
John Mott
#truestory
#allthefeels

I always admired Whitney and longed to meet her face to face. Though that's not possible, this depiction of her on the big screen brought me some level of satisfaction!

TK
Tyra Kimbrell
#mustsee
#truestory
#familyfriendly

I had my reservations about seeing this movie. I’m glad I did.

RF
Rhonda Forde
#great
#lovestory
#mustsee

The makeup, the hair, the wardrobe and the music are to die for. I totally love the artist and her life story 💕.

MB
Mary Brixius
#truestory
#greatcast

Actress played Whitney well! But didn’t look like her! Overall it was a good movie!

M.
Mani 💕😍 .
#seeingitagain
#mustsee
#familyfriendly

Great Movie! Definitely going to see this again

AA
Angie Apodaca
#truestory

Great movie!

JT
Johnathan Tang
#boring
#mediocre
#datenight

The movie was meh. It gave me a lot of cuddling time with the lady though.

LW
leslie westbrook
#allthefeels
#great
#mustsee

All of her hits played/sang in the movie do a great job of showing you the behind the scenes look in to her sentiment while transporting you back in time to when these songs were chart topping hits. It was so nostalgic that I cried all through the movie. Whitney had an…

AG
Anthony Galietti
#truestory
#greatcast
#mustsee

Excellent Movie. Very well done. Enjoyed every minute.

SP
Shavoyne Pritchett
#truestory
#great
#epic

great actor's loved it!

RC
Robert Crossley
#mustsee

Great movie

AS
Allison Syphus
#inspiring
#mustsee
#original

We miss you Whitney

VV
Victor Victor
#cliché
#notmyfave
#slow

This movie covers the life of Whitney Houston but the movie is pretty cliche and predictable if you seen other Musical biography movies.

LS
Leo Siverand
#epic

Sad but a epic story.

RH
radia Hennessey

it was more like music videos during together than a film. Whitney deserved better.

KP
Kimberly Pruitt

light hearted but not the full story.

RR
randell rolle

This truly was such a beautiful story that many will not even begin to understand! We love you Whitney!

RA
Rodney Abbiw

Great movie! Well told story! Well acted!

WM
Working Man

Nobody could sing like Whitney. It was a tradegy her death. Movie plot was boring. Loved the songs.

KM
Kaffa Morales

Movie was too long- otherwise good

EB
Eric Brady

Great music. But more lgbtq propaganda. The den of all evil.

RA
Richard Adams

lame

AP
Aurovindo Patnaik

Nothing apart from music

NS
Natasha Stuples

I enjoyed the movie I learned a lot more about Whitney I didn’t know! I feel like it left out a lot lot of un answered questions too however.

NM
Novella Mason

The concession staff yelled at me and I had to report him to management.

RA
ReShawn Anthony
#mustsee
#great
#epic

excellent movie, well done, would see again.

SS
Scott Szeker
#mustsee
#great
#greatcast

Truly fantastic!

Metacritic

25
Dec 29, 2022

I wanna feel the HEAT … but I don’t. On the contrary, the animatronic new Whitney Houston biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” left me shivering from a gust of arctic air as it so clinically and lazily examines the tragic life of the famous singer.

Metacritic review by Johnny Oleksinski
Johnny Oleksinski
New York Post
25
Dec 29, 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 permanently altered every person who truly heard her.

Metacritic review by Robert Daniels
Robert Daniels
RogerEbert.com
50
Dec 22, 2022

There are only clichés in this rise-and-fall material, with the sole distinctive wrinkle being the weight given to the rise versus the fall.

Metacritic review by Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine