I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Whitney Houston Biopic)

[kamila Joined: Dec 6th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 1780 View Predictions]

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I just think Whitney Houston fans are too passionate to accept a film that’s average. There’s so little buzz around this film as it is that I don’t expect it to have a lot of defenders, and that’s what it would need coming into the race this late.

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[Jeffrey Kare Joined: Jan 23rd, 2013 Topics: 135 Posts: 5993 View Predictions]

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Based on 18 reviews so far, I Wanna Dance with Somebody has a 50% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whitney_houston_i_wanna_dance_with_somebody

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[MysticMagix Joined: Feb 23rd, 2017 Topics: 4 Posts: 1331 View Predictions]

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Oh god….well…they tried

A little bit of Magic never hurt anybody.

~ MYSTIC

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[MysticMagix Joined: Feb 23rd, 2017 Topics: 4 Posts: 1331 View Predictions]

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42% now….

Cant believe they ruined a whitney movie lol

A little bit of Magic never hurt anybody.

~ MYSTIC

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 89 Posts: 5781 View Predictions]

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The clip of the national anthem looked like hot garbage. I couldn’t believe it. Good riddance.

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[Joe Langer Joined: Dec 5th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 397 View Predictions]

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I’ve heard really bad publicity about this

Member of the Screen Actors Guild. Inducted in 1999.

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[lvigario Joined: Jan 30th, 2013 Topics: 11 Posts: 262 View Predictions]

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Well I just watched it.
It was not as bad as I thought.
It was entertaining, fast paced.
Naomi Ackie is a star as far I’m concerned. She does not look like Whitney. But the way she talks, the way she gesticules, the way she walks we see Whitney. Her work is remarkable.
Nafessa Williams is amazing too.
The supporting cast in general is good. If you were entertained during “Bohemian Rhapsody” you might be in this one too.
Loved the last scene. I thought it was a classy move.
C as a movie. A for Naomi Ackie.

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[MysticMagix Joined: Feb 23rd, 2017 Topics: 4 Posts: 1331 View Predictions]

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Naomi ackie is brilliant but. The script is atrocious. Ali g with the editing and direction is generic Naomi did her best with what was given. But sadly. This is almost as bad as beyond the sea

 

Did ackie sound and look like whitney in some parts? And how is stanley tucci

 

 

 

 

 

A little bit of Magic never hurt anybody.

~ MYSTIC

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[BigJay2012 Joined: Nov 30th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 1957 View Predictions]

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She. Channeled Whitney but she did not sing tucci. Was great a little underused but he was great

She did sing

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[BigJay2012 Joined: Nov 30th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 1957 View Predictions]

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Naomi Ackie was absolutely incredible. The last twenty minutes were a master class. It’s a shame her film wasn’t great. I’d say this film is pretty much on par with Being the Ricardos

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[BigJay2012 Joined: Nov 30th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 1957 View Predictions]

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Lifetime would do better job.

They already tried. It was worse than this

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[BigJay2012 Joined: Nov 30th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 1957 View Predictions]

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she was singing while shooting but it is not her voice on the film . its whitney houston original recordings

She sings in spots throughout the film. She sings the gospel song at the beginning, and she sings the beginning of the Greatest Love of All for example

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[BigJay2012 Joined: Nov 30th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 1957 View Predictions]

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lvigario wrote:

Well I just watched it.
It was not as bad as I thought.
It was entertaining, fast paced.
Naomi Ackie is a star as far I’m concerned. She does not look like Whitney. But the way she talks, the way she gesticules, the way she walks we see Whitney. Her work is remarkable.
Nafessa Williams is amazing too.
The supporting cast in general is good. If you were entertained during “Bohemian Rhapsody” you might be in this one too.
Loved the last scene. I thought it was a classy move.
C as a movie. A for Naomi Ackie.

Naomi is a G.O.AT. in the making as far as concerned. Her performance was brilliant and she navigated through the different stages of her life so effortlessly. The film was not a disaster. I though it was average

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[BigJay2012 Joined: Nov 30th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 1957 View Predictions]

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The Daily Beast summed up my feelings

Naomi Ackie, who plays Houston, is incredible. I can’t remember the last time I saw someone so luminous on the screen. She nails Houston’s speaking voice and her mannerisms, and calibrates them through each stage of the performer’s life. You never feel like Ackie is playing older or younger than her age; she simply inhabits Houston at every moment. Especially during scenes that should feel like they were written for a Lifetime movie (of which there already has been a terrible one about Houston), Ackie taps into a vibrancy and emotional immediacy that not only stops you from cringing, but also overwhelms you with excellence.

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