A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musi... Read allA joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom.A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom.
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhitney Houston's voice is used for 95% of the singing.
- Quotes
Clive Davis: Would you be willing to postpone your wedding to make a movie?
[Hands over a script]
Whitney Houston: The Bodyguard ? What's it about ?
Clive Davis: A world-famous singer and her difficult relationship with her bodyguard.
Whitney Houston: [Tosses script into a trash bin, then pauses] Who's the bodyguard ?
Clive Davis: Kevin Costner.
[Whitney Houston quickly reaches down and retrieves the script]
- SoundtracksI Believe in You and Me
Written by Sandy Linzer & David Wolfert
Performed by Whitney Houston
Courtesy of Arista Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
This film ain't one of them.
The film takes up way too much of its runtime showing Whitney's iconic performances in their total. Which not many music biopics do and for good reason; we can just watch them elsewhere.
It also doesn't focus in too much on her personal life. The domestic and drug abuse between her and Bobbi was toned down, her relationship with Robyn, arguably the best moments in the film, are fleeting, and the film is way too nice to Clive Davis (not surprising since he executive produced the film) who was like her family, but also like her family, tried to mould her into something she was not.
It's clear that to this day, people still want to control Whitney's legacy. So as a result, the film cannot explore the complexities, flaws, turmoils and difficulties of this incredibly talented woman. Because there is no doubt, she was a one of a kind phenomenal singer.
But the film is not interested in going further into her inner emotional life - only scratching the surface and emphasising her talent.
I would suggest watching the Kevin MacDonald documentary, which focuses more on why Whitney ended her life the way she did and the clues to her inner turmoil, while also listing her contributions to the music world and the things she loved the most in life.
- Avwillfan89
- Feb 6, 2023
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- Also known as
- Nữ Danh Ca Huyền Thoại
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $23,708,080
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,700,450
- Dec 25, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $59,806,881
- Runtime2 hours 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1