Whitney: Can I Be Me
In an exciting atmosphere, this movie chronicles the life story of Whitney, a famous singer, who once killed, the thing that leads many producers to make such a documentary film that embodies her life, depending on interviews with her family and friends about her relationships with them and her lifestyle.
4 April 1932, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
5 February 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
13 September 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA
8 April 1963, Liverpool, England, UK
1 December 1933, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 November 1949, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
30 June 1966, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
8 June 1933, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
6 July 1925, San Mateo, California, USA
7 January 1957, Arlington, Virginia, USA
30 September 1933, Newark, New Jersey, USA
12 December 1940, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
18 January 1955, Lynwood, California, USA
25 September 1929, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
12 September 1944, Galveston, Texas, USA
23 October 1925, Corning, Iowa, USA
29 January 1954, Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA
20 August 1931, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
22 December 1945, Glasgow, Kentucky, USA
11 July 1958, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
12 May 1928, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
April 2, 1928 in Paris, France
9 August 1963, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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.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
Can I Be Me treats its subject with a reverence that's a bit too delicate.September 06, 2017
Whitney Houston's majestic voice sadly takes second place to her baleful decline.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
The film is far from prurient.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 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 16, 2017
[A] sharp, well-edited film ...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.