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Movie Info

Singer Whitney Houston (Yaya DaCosta) skyrockets to fame and has a tumultuous marriage with fellow entertainer Bobby Brown (Arlen Escarpeta).

Cast & Crew

Yaya DaCosta
Whitney Houston
Arlen Escarpeta
Bobby Brown
Yolonda Ross
Robyn Crawford
Suzzanne Douglas
Cissy Houston
Mark Rolston
Clive Davis
Hampton Fluker
Steve
Saundra McClain
Aunt Bae
Deborah Lacey
Dionne Warwick
Angela Bassett
Director
Shem Bitterman
Screenwriter
Larry Sanitsky
Executive Producer
Kyle A. Clark
Producer
Lina Wong
Producer
Travon Potts
Original Music
Anastas N. Michos
Cinematographer
Richard Comeau
Film Editor
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Warren Alan Young
Production Design
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  • In the end, you really are better off with the YouTube videos.

    January 20, 2015 | Full Review…

    Linda Holmes

    NPR

  • While the wisdom of Whitney's premise is debatable, Bassett's execution is confident and thoughtful.

    January 20, 2015 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

    Joshua Alston

    AV Club

  • 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.

    January 20, 2015 | Full Review…

    Matt Zoller Seitz

    New York Magazine/Vulture

  • While neither overly salacious or reverent, Whitney ... lacks dynamism in telling the tale of a very dynamic life, and falls short of illuminating anything about Houston that both diehard fans and casual observers of pop culture didn't already know.

    January 19, 2015 | Full Review…

    Sarah Rodman

    Boston Globe

  • DaCosta, a former America's Next Top Model contestant, instead captures the butterfly -- or the one people fell in love with in the first place.

    January 16, 2015 | Rating: B | Full Review…

    Verne Gay

    Newsday

  • Working from a script by Shem Bitterman, Bassett manages to make both of her leads relatively sympathetic, and to keep the story moving even when not a lot is happening.

    January 15, 2015 | Full Review…

    Brian Lowry

    Variety
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    One of the worse biopics I’ve seen.
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