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Whitney: Can I Be Me

Whitney: Can I Be Me

Music · Documentary · 2017

The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.

Movie details

Whitney: Can I Be Me

2017 Music · Documentary 1h 45m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.8 / 10

5.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

87 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

64 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Nick Broomfield · Rudi Dolezal

Written by

Nick Broomfield

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

Self (archive footage)

Cissy Houston

Cissy Houston

Self - Whitney's Mother

Bobbi Kristina Brown

Bobbi Kristina Brown

Self - Whitney and Bobby Brown's Daughter (archive footage)

Bobby Brown

Bobby Brown

Self (archive footage)

R

Robyn Crawford

Self - Whitney's Closest Confidant (archive footage)

J

John Russell Houston Jr.

Self (archive footage)

D

David Roberts

Self - Whitney's Bodyguard

Court is in session

Put Whitney: Can I Be Me on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.