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Singer Whitney Houston (Yaya DaCosta) skyrockets to fame and has a tumultuous marriage with fellow entertainer Bobby Brown (Arlen Escarpeta).
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Linda Holmes NPR 01/20/2015
In the end, you really are better off with the YouTube videos. Go to Full Review
Joshua Alston AV Club 01/20/2015
B-
While the wisdom of Whitney's premise is debatable, Bassett's execution is confident and thoughtful. Go to Full Review
Matt Zoller Seitz New York Magazine/Vulture 01/20/2015
There's something pure and insightful about how [Angela] Bassett's camera looks at this couple as they flirt, rut, marry, fight, talk about their careers, and experience wild ups and downs, including moments of professional resentment or jealousy. Go to Full Review
Mekeisha Madden Toby Essence 08/08/2018
Either change the name of the movie to Whitney and Bobby or give viewers more than a few hits, wigs and giggles. Give us more Whitney Houston. Go to Full Review
Michael Arceneaux Complex 03/29/2018
The movie isn't terrible, but it's not especially good either. If the goal was to give Bobby's side of events: flawless victory. Go to Full Review
Kevin Fallon The Daily Beast 09/21/2017
Lifetime's Whitney Houston biopic was confusingly bland, and we're not happy about it. Go to Full Review
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Deontae D @Deontae830 11/25/2024 A decent mini biogeography of the legendary Whitney Houston, It's decent, But not that great, The lady portraying as Whitney Houston did pretty good, Arlen escarpeta did a decent job as Bobby Brown, But it focused on her down moments, The new edition story & Bobby Brown story from bet did it better, 2 1/2 over 5 See more 12/14/2018 One of the worse biopics I’ve seen. See more 01/30/2017 This was the worst. And total lies about Bobby Brown. He had serious issues and drug problems way before he met Whitney. Terribly done. I'm embarrassed for everyone that had anything to do with this farce. Poor Bobbi Kristina had to deal with this before she got murdered. I do hope someday someone will do justice to this great talent. Hot mess all the way. See more 08/15/2016 A good directorial effort by Angela Basset See more 03/09/2016 Sad story, quite well acted, but if this is true, Whitney was a very damaged person See more 02/27/2016 Koga akter/ka ke se obide da rezira, ili ispaga epten dobro ili mnogu losho, nema sredina. Ovojpat Angela Bassett se obidela da go otslika zivotot na Whitney Houston i nejzinata vrska so Bobby Brown, no rezultatot e katastrofa. Prvo, izborot na glavnata akterka e propust. Vtoro, vo filmov ima nepotrebni sceni so celi pesni. Treto, nema nisto specificno po koe ke se pamti filmov. Ili pak zivotot na Whitney bil tolku dosaden, sto nemalo sto da se prikaze. Kako i da e, koga ke go izgledate filmov, sfakate kolku Whitney si go zeznala zivotot i taa i samo taa e vinovna za toa... See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Singer Whitney Houston (Yaya DaCosta) skyrockets to fame and has a tumultuous marriage with fellow entertainer Bobby Brown (Arlen Escarpeta).
Director
Angela Bassett
Producer
Kyle A. Clark, Lina Wong
Screenwriter
Shem Bitterman
Production Co
Silver Screen Pictures
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 13, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
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