Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017)
Information
Released Year: 2017
Runtime: 105 minutes
Genre: Documentary, Music
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal
Writers: Nick Broomfield
Casts: Mike Tyson, Oprah Winfrey, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Robyn Crawford, John Russell Houston Jr., Cissy Houston, David Roberts, Johnny Carson, Serge Gainsbourg, Clive Davis
Storyline
The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.
Trailer
Reviews
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IndieWire -
The film’s main triumph is in crafting a convincing narrative with a clear point of view.
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Variety -
It just has a story to tell, and it does that incredibly compellingly.
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Village Voice -
We’re fortunate to witness such impassioned consideration of Houston’s art, career, and life from the people who actually knew her. Still, it’s notable that Crawford isn’t interviewed here.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
For all the beautiful and lovely music Whitney Houston gave us, for all those soaring notes she hit, the documentary Whitney. Can I Be Me is a nearly joyless and melancholy piece of work. Because we know how it ends.
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Screen International -
Whitney Can I Be Me delivers yet another tragic lesson in the toxic mix of fame and talent and children: it should be required viewing for all those who seek to follow this diva’s path to fame and fortune.
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