Whitney: Can I Be Me
Inspired by the personal life of the successful singer with the purest voice ever, Whitney, who had such a memorable life, but a successful one, this movie embodies the life story of Whitney, using an old photos and videos for her and making interviews with her family, after her mysterious death.
23 October 1925, Corning, Iowa, USA
April 2, 1928 in Paris, France
11 July 1958, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
5 February 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
30 September 1933, Newark, New Jersey, USA
13 September 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 December 1933, Chicago, Illinois, USA
September 06, 2017
The film is far from prurient.
August 25, 2017
While the documentary offers strong concert performances and an array of opinions on her enormous talent and tragic demise from those in her band, her entourage, friends and family, it contains no major revelations.
August 18, 2017
As is often the case in documentaries like this, absorbing all those details as part of one, tightly edited story gives them an impact they lack when digested in individual pieces over time.
August 18, 2017
It's no surprise that Nick Broomfield finds little use for the moments of unabashed triumphalism in Houston's life, as he's doggedly fixated on the humiliating swan dive.
August 17, 2017
"Whitney's" story makes for strong and compelling viewing even though it has something of a cobbled together feel to it.
August 18, 2017
Whitney itself operates on two levels -- delivering another cautionary tale about the price of fame, but also a tribute to a voice so big and buoyant that it continues to echo long after her death.
August 16, 2017
[A] sharp, well-edited film ...
August 17, 2017
A surprisingly conventional, dutifully respectful behind-the-scenes portrait of Whitney Houston's rise and struggles with fame and drugs before her death at 48.
September 06, 2017
Whitney Houston's majestic voice sadly takes second place to her baleful decline.
August 17, 2017
Can I Be Me treats its subject with a reverence that's a bit too delicate.
August 18, 2017
It crafts a heartbreaking narrative through found footage, including never-before-seen interviews, performances and clips that address everything from her intimate relationship with best friend Robyn Crawford to her tumultuous marriage to Bobby Brown.
August 24, 2017
By the end ... you won't feel you know anything new about Houston's life. "Can I Be Me" just raises questions.
