WHitney – A voice that has become legend It is a 2022 film that Tell Whitney Houston’s ascent and fallone of the most loved voices of all time Tragically disappeared in 2009. Protagonist of the film – broadcast tonight On first TV at 9.30 pm on Rai 1– is the good Naomi Mackiein the role of the star For 2 and a half hours covering the arc of the singer’s life. An effort, unfortunately, that He almost never manages to excite. The songs remainfrom I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves me) to I Will Always Love You.
Whitney – A voice that has become legendthe Biopic plot on Whitney Huston on Rai 1
New Jersey, 1983. Whitney Houston (Ackie) is a young girl who sings in the church choir. He has amazing singing quality, and his mother Cissy (Tamara Tunie), a professional singer, pushes her continuously to improve dreaming of a star career. A little more than teenager, Whitney makes friends with Robyn Crawford (Nafessa Williams), with whom a relationship begins Romantic. On the occasion of a Cissy performance, The well -known record producer Clive Davis (Stanley Tucci) pushes the woman to raise her daughter on stage. The girl sings Greatest Love of Allimpressing clive to such an extent that man puts it underneath contract, carefully choosing his pieces.
The first, incredible success, comes in 1985 with the exit of the album that bears his name, Even today the best -selling debut album by a debutant singer. Piazza Tre single at the number one of Billboard and early 1987 is a guest in Sanremo, where the public asks her for the encore of All At Once (leads Pippo Baudo). In the meantime the father John, overbearing and unscrupulous, becomes his manager, While closing the relationship with Robyn. With Whitneyalbum of 1987, and the individual I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves me), Become a world star and refresh the image.
But it is also the time of criticism. For the Black Whitney community it doesn’t make “quite black” music, And at the Soul Train Music Awards 1989 it is whistled for the first time. The evening of the prizes is also the one in which he meets his Nemesis: the singer Bobby Brown (Ashton Sanders). Which he will marry in 1992.
With Bodyguardfilm of 1992 directed and starring together with Kevin Costner, conquers cinema, and still music with its version Of I Will Always Love You by Dolly Pardon, a cover that enters history as the soundtrack of the film (the best -selling of all time). After a spontaneous abortion on the set, In 1993 he gave birth to his only daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown. In the following years, The marriage between the singer and Bobby ends up in the newspapers repeatedly, the man is accused of having misrepresented the singer to the point of introducing it to the drug.
He becomes very thin, he gets interviewed by Diane Sawyer, in which he repeatedly says that he does not make crack live nationally, he is visibly unstable. These are difficult years. Divorce from Bobby in 2007, and in 2009 he released (thanks to Clive) the latest album, I look to youwhere his voice is just a memory. The following tour is a disaster, canceled performances, not respected stairs. At the beginning 2012 recovers, but not even a month later, at 3:43 pm, dies drowning in the bathtub of a hotel due to A accidental overdose of drugs.
Naomi Ackie in a scene of “Whitney – a voice that has become legend”. (Sony Pictures)
The review: an honest but without emotions biopic
Directed by Kasi Lemmons, after a gestation that lasted almost 10 years, Whitney It is a biographical film that tells the ascent to the success of the legendary pop star. The chosen title, only the proper name of Houston, emphasizes the willingness to tell the person beyond the artist.
A mission only partially successful since it directed it uses songs and performances in great abundance of Houston, but He cannot dig in the depths of his soul and the demons who led her to slide into drugs. As in a well -detailed summary, all the events and the greatest successes are traveledone way one the other with discreet superficiality, doing Whitney, More than a biopic, a sort of Spotify playlist.
A real shame for the many fans who, perhaps, expected something more than a well -performed homework. However, Naomi Ackie is goodthe young actress chosen as the protagonist who, struggling with an almost impossible challenge, He demonstrates a remarkable commitment and talent. For the role he was nominated for Oscar for best actress.
Who sings in the film and who is the protagonist Naomi Ackie
Choice between over 100 candidates, Naomi Ackie sang in the film with his real voice, but only in the moments when there are no recordings. For example the vocal exercises in church, And the scene in which Whitney suddenly comes pushed on stage without notice candy Greatest Love of All. All the other songs in the film are those Originals of Whitney.
British actress born in 1991, Naomi became famous for playing Anna’s character in the film Lady Macbeth With Florence Pugh. A debutant role for which he won a British Independent Film Awards in 2017. After being the protagonist of Yardie, directed by Idris Elba, he starred in Star Wars – Skywalker’s rise. Last year it appeared in Blink Twicedirected by Zöe Kravitz; while recently he worked in Mickey 17 by Bong Joon-Ho.
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