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Whitney: Can I Be Me

2017 · 105 min

A somber, intimate portrait that lingers on the cost of fame, weaving concert footage with painful testimonies for a quietly devastating experience.

Overview
The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • family
  • identity
  • grief
  • celebrity
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
music, documentary
Directed by
Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal
Written by
Nick Broomfield
Starring
Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown, Robyn Crawford, John Russell Houston Jr., David Roberts, Clive Davis
Runtime
105 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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