- Whitney Houston’s life and career were perfect for a movie with a stellar rise, glittering success, and a tragic fall.
- The film sticks to a formula and fails to capture Houston’s electrifying presence and charm.
- Naomi Ackie lip-syncs well but fails to capture Houston’s style and winning charm.
- Anthony McCarten’s screenplay is slow and predictable, following the same method he used with Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody.
- The film focuses on Houston’s addiction, falling marriage, and downfall, with a slight sleazy interest in the fall from fame.
- Unlike other music biopics like Walk the Line or Ray, there isn’t a story arc that shows how things get better in the end.
- The film ends with a flashback to a high point in Houston’s career instead of showing her death, which feels unreal.
I Wanna Dance With Somebody Reviews
Given that Whitney Houston’s life and career were perfect for a movie (she had a stellar rise, glittering success, and a tragic fall), the biggest surprise is that it took so long for the always-hungry music biopic industry to use her as a subject. It’s not surprising at all that this film, which sticks to a formula, can’t capture even a small amount of Houston’s electrifying sparkle when she was at the top of her game. The music mogul Clive Davis (Stanley Tucci), whose comb-over was just blown off his bald head by the young Whitney’s voice, says that she had a voice that only comes around once every generation.
Not surprisingly, the film mostly uses Houston’s voice, and Naomi Ackie, a British actor who plays the main role, lip-syncs pretty well. But Houston was much more than just an amazing singer. Her presence on stage, her style, and her winning charm all came together to make something new. Something that Ackie doesn’t always catch.
It’s important to note that the problem isn’t necessarily with Ackie. Instead, it’s with Anthony McCarten’s screenplay, which is slow and predictable. This is the same method he used with Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. And director Kasi Lemmons seems happy to move quickly through the early part of Houston’s life in a long montage. He only slows down to get into the story once Houston’s addiction has taken hold, her marriage is falling apart, and her downfall has begun.
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I Wanna Dance With Somebody and a lot of other music biopics share this slightly sleazy interest in the fall from fame. But unlike, say, Walk the Line or Ray, there isn’t a story arc that shows how things get better in the end. At the end of the movie, Lemmons doesn’t show Houston’s death. Instead, he shows a flashback to a high point in the singer’s career, even though there are a few too many close-ups of dripping bath taps. It’s a strong trick, but it doesn’t feel completely real.
Final Words
Whitney Houston’s life and career were perfect for a movie, but this film fails to capture her electrifying presence and charm. I Wanna Dance With Somebody is a slow and predictable biopic that fails to show how things get better in the end.
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