Nick Broomfield’s documentary about Whitney Houston is moving but focuses too much on her breakdown. Skip to main content. Whitney: Can I Be Me review – but what about her voice?
Whitney. "Can I Be Me provides a compelling portrait of a supreme talent isolated by fame, dysfunctional relationships and a crushing drug habit, slowly diminished by … 18/08/2017 · Whitney Can I Be Me delivers yet another tragic lesson in the toxic mix of fame and talent and children: it should be required viewing for all those who seek to follow this diva’s path to fame and fortune. Read full review Whitney: Can I Be Me is a departure from Broomfield's usual documentary style. Using archive footage as well as interviewing some people who worked or were close to Whitney we see a person who came up from gospel singing and crossed over to pop and made it big in the USA and around the world. A review of ‘Whitney: Can I Be Me’, a Showtime documentary about Whitney Houston’s life, career, and what led to her death. 21/06/2017 · Whitney Houston, as we know her, was a meteorically talented singer battling the demon of addiction – a demon that ultimately killed her. But who was she behind the bright lights of stardom and the alluring darkness of drugs and drink? Whitney: Can I Be Me seeks to give us a taste of the real Whitney.
‘Whitney’ Review: Portrait of Late Singer Puts Tragedy Front and Center Kevin Macdonald’s doc on Whitney Houston drops a shocking revelation – but his look at how she fell apart is “Whitney: Can I Be Me” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in the Spotlight Documentary section. It is a Showtime Documentary Film. Sign Up: Stay on top of … Whitney: Can I Be Me sees Nick Broomfield take on the iconic spectre of Asif Kapadia’s Amy, and largely fail.His brief, of course, is to take on the iconic spectre of Whitney Houston, but again, we’ve seen this film before with a different title. London-born documentarian Nick Broomfield’s Whitney: Can I Be Me is a more conventional and moving work than his previous Kurt & Courtney or Biggie & Tupac.The anger is less about race and politics and more simply to do with loss and grief. He stays out of Whitney: Can I Be Me, his feature doc on Whitney Houston, but, as with the majority of his work, he takes a point of view; trouble is, as with much of his work, that point of view is muddy and obtuse. Whitney: Can I Be Me DVD Review. Clare Lowe September 5, If you showed 6-year-old me a picture of Whitney I would know exactly who she was and have since become a much bigger fan of her music, so was interested in the release of the new documentary about her life, Can I Be Me.
31 Aug 2017 Sarah Fonseca's essays, book reviews, and film writing have appeared in Black Warrior Review, cléo: a journal of film and feminism, Posture 23 Aug 2017 The new documentary, “Whitney: Can I Be Me,” from Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal, reminds us of the pop diva's legacy, but it is an uneven 4 Jun 2017 Broomfield says the ultimate goal for his film is to celebrate the star's talent, and to reveal her as a person. In this regard, 'Whitney: Can I Be Me 30 Apr 2017 WHITNEY “CAN I BE ME” (Nick Broomfield/Rudi Dolezal, UK). 100 minutes. Rating: NNNN. Five years on from Whitney Houston's drug-related 10 Jul 2017 Whitney: Can I Be Me focuses more on the context and hidden traumas of Whitney's life than the music itself, but that's no bad thing. 29 Apr 2017 “Whitney. 'Can I Be Me'” opens with the fateful 911 call from the Beverly Hilton to the LAPD in 2012. Houston had perished in her hotel bathtub Guth Gafa Review: 'Whitney: Can I Be Me'. By Steven 6th August 2017 4 Mins Read. Maria Flood takes a look at Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal's review of
15 Jun 2017 Watch the first official trailer for the Whitney Houston documentary, Can I Be Me and find out about the real life bodyguard, Bobby Brown and
13 May 2017 Whitney: Can I Be Me isn't just a biopic. It focuses on the turning points in Houston's life that led to her death in 2012. There are revelations that Whitney: Can I Be Me (15) | Close-Up Film Review. Dir. Nick Broomfield/Rudi Dolezal, US, 2017, 105 mins. Cast: Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Robyn Whitney: Can I Be Me. Nick Broomfield regisseert de documentaire over één van de grootste zangeressen allertijden. Whitney Beoordeling & reviews. 4.4. 15 Jun 2017 Watch the first official trailer for the Whitney Houston documentary, Can I Be Me and find out about the real life bodyguard, Bobby Brown and 16 Jun 2017 In Nick Broomfield's new documentary Whitney Houston is asked how she wants to be remembered. The gorgeous, ridiculously successful 25 Apr 2017 "There is something so emotional about Whitney Houston's story," says co- director Nick Broomfield. The film premieres on April 26 at the