A frustratingly good movie. First why does one need to have Houston as part of the movie title as Whitney herself was such a great musical star herself. But the movie itself reveals the possible dilemma of attempting to really create a great movie of a great performer. The major problem with this movie was the difficult editing decisions made to reduce this broad ranging career into bits and pieces of her life that left so many storylines of her life truncated and leaving so much out. Perhaps it may have been the movie industry itself that failed Whitney because what if a risky financial decision had been made to make a two-part movie or at least a televised mini-series of at least four or five episodes. Could it be possible that the life of a single individual was too large to be an excellent single movie? This single movie had some great moments, but unfortunately, became too choppy with too many loose ends of underdeveloped storylines, including the Whitney's mother and why her dominance became so submissive, the Whitney's business and finances, Whitney's expensive rehabilitation. There were too many gaps, including a better understanding of her drug use and her decision-making which at various points become quite annoying in regards to her father and Bobbie. But really, this is Whitney and she shined in this movie, but both Whitneys probably deserved more.
