WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY:
2 hours 26 minutes
click on poster for trailer
* in 4K ultra-high definition at this theatre *
Friday, January 20 – 4:00 pm & 7:15 pm /
Saturday, January 21 – 4:00 pm & 7:15 pm /
Sunday, January 22 – closed
Monday, January 23 – 4:00 pm & 7:15 pm /
Thursday, January 26 – 7:15 pm /
Discovered by record executive Clive Davis, Whitney Houston rises to fame in the 1980s to become one of the greatest singers of her generation. The film is a joyous, emotional and heart-breaking celebration of her life and music, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom.
Starring: Alana Monteiro, Ashton Sanders, Bria Danielle Singleton, Clarke Peters, Daniel Washington, Heidi Garza, Marilyn Swick, Mary Ann Schaub, Moses Ingram, Nafessa Williams, Naheem Garcia, Naomi Ackie, Rob Lévesque, Stanley Tucci, Tamara Tunie, Tanner Beard
“Critics will sniff, as they invariably do, about the familiar conventions of the music biopic. But the spirit of I Wanna Dance With Somebody transcends those conventions far more often than it gets weighed down by them. Anyone who loves Whitney Houston and her music will leave the film with that love reinforced — especially anyone who sees it in a theater with a wall-shaking sound system.” (David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter)
“With astonishingly accurate re-creations of many of the touchstone performances in Houston’s career and a star-power performance from the British actor Naomi Ackie as Houston, along with stellar supporting work from a reliable cast of veteran and familiar faces, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” is a consistently entertaining biopic . . . highlighting one of the most incredible voices and one of the most infectious star personalities of a generation.” (Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times)
AUDIENCE SCORE: 92% (RottenTomatoes.com)