Rotten
In the end, you really are better off with the YouTube videos.
Linda Holmes, NPR
Overview
Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.
Director and cast
- Angela Bassett Director
- Yaya DaCosta as Whitney Houston
- Arlen Escarpeta as Bobby Brown
- Yolanda Ross as Robyn Crawford
- Mark Rolston as Clive Davis
- Suzzanne Douglas as Cissy Houston
- Wesley Jonathan as Babyface
- James A. Watson, Jr as John Houston
- Reign Morton as Eddie Murphy
- Billy 'Sly' Williams as Pastor Marvin Winans
- Saundra McClain as Aunt Bae
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While the wisdom of Whitney's premise is debatable, Bassett's execution is confident and thoughtful.
Joshua Alston, AV Club
Fresh
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.
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
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.
Sarah Rodman, Boston Globe
Fresh
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.
Verne Gay, Newsday
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