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Whitney (2018) — Stream on Cineverse · CriticCrunch

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Whitney

Movie2018·120 min

Whitney

Directed by Kevin Macdonald

Music Documentary

A music documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 30%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.3/10

208 ratings

About Whitney

Examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston. Features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Contemplative, Gritty
Story Tags: ambition hubris, trauma recovery, grief and loss, late 20th century, music performance, showbiz media, urban, international, parent child, outsider misfit, rise and fall, nonlinear flashback, drug trade

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Details

Director: Kevin Macdonald
Language: English

Cast

Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Cissy Houston

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How Whitney Ranks

All movies

Top 30%

2010s movies

Top 25%

Music movies

Top 36%

2010s Music movies

Top 40%

Kevin Macdonald films#6 of 10

Top 30% All movies.

the vibe

Whitney Vibe

What it feels like

measuredbittersweetintenseapproachablelight-touchpersonalearnest

contemplative

gritty

What it's about

rise & fallnonlinear flashbackambition hubristrauma recoverygrief & lossoutsider misfitparent childmusic performanceshowbiz & mediadrug tradeurbaninternationallate 20th century

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9

texture

contemplativequiet