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Whitney

2018

Kevin Macdonald

Documentary, Self: Whitney Houston

6.6

1,466

Documentary An in-depth look at the life and music of pop star Whitney Houston (1963-2012).

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Macdonald swiftly distills the sorrowful essence of his subject (...) While the documentary never feels sanitized, the tone overall is one of respect and empathy."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] offers a powerful testament to her soaring artistry — and, more than that, a haunting explanation for why she destroyed herself."	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"'Whitney' transcends the conventions of the form, delivering a powerful reminder of the breathtaking talent she possessed (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Emily Yoshida Vulture	"[It] is fixated far more on her death than her life"	NEU
United States	Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"[An] exhaustively assembled documentary"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"'Whitney' is strongest when it connects Houston to the larger history of Black America (...) The dissection of race and class are informative"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"The film is oddly unmoving as a memorial, but (...) it inspires a collective mea culpa (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A strange and even unsatisfyingly incomplete experience (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Ed Potton The Times	"Powerful, incisive (...) It’s an often sad but always absorbing two hours, and Macdonald balances the heartbreaking troughs with dazzling peaks (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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