Movies in a Minute: “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
Movie critic Bruce Miller says Whitney Houston deserves better than the glossy biography, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.”
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The success of a musical screen biography depends on two factors – the actor’s ability to make audiences believe he or she is that person and the quality of the music.
“I Wanna Dance With Somebody” won’t tarnish Houston’s reputation a bit. But it could prompt plenty of Google searches just to discover what it was that ended her life way too soon. She danced, all right. But with what?
Producers had more than two hours to tell Whitney Houston’s story but “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” sidesteps a lot of issues, including the circumstances surrounding her death.
