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Dec 23, 2022 · I Wanna Dance With Somebody Cast & Character Guide. Directed by Kasi Lemmons from a screenplay by Anthony McCarten, who wrote Bohemian Rhapsody, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody bolsters a good cast, and sees a Star Wars actress in her first major leading role.
- Senior Critic
Dec 23, 2022 · With Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie. A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Kasi Lemmons
- 2022-12-23
92% Audience Score 1,000+ Verified Ratings. Discovered by record executive Clive Davis, Whitney Houston rises to fame in the 1980s to become one of the greatest singers of her generation....
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- Kasi Lemmons
- PG-13
- Naomi Ackie
Dec 23, 2022 · About 25 minutes into "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody," an inarticulate, slapdash musical biopic about the famed songstress, the film reaches its high point: Arista Records head Clive Davis (Stanley Tucci) enters the nightclub where Houston (Naomi Ackie) and her gospel legend mother Cissy Houston (Tamara Tunie) are performing ...
Dec 21, 2022 · “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” is the kind of lavishly impassioned all-stops-out biopic you either give into or you don’t — and if you do, you may find yourself getting so emotional, baby.
Dec 22, 2022 · Movie Reviews. For a biopic, I Wanna Dance with Somebody follows the norms of the genre but allows Naomi Ackie to deliver a sensational performance in the process.
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In September 2021, Ashton Sanders was cast as Bobby Brown, Houston's husband of fifteen years. The same month, Stanley Tucci was cast as Clive Davis. In October 2021, Clarke Peters and Tamara Tunie were cast in the film, and Nafessa Williams was cast as Robyn Crawford, replacing Moses Ingram.
