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In one of the film’s most eye-opening sections, friends and family members go as far as to name the person they believe was responsible for shattering Houston’s childhood innocence.
Equally sobering are on-camera interviews with her brothers, who recall taking drugs with Houston, and the inescapable feeling that no one in her entourage was willing to step forward and drag her back from the brink of oblivion when her gruelling touring schedule paid their wages.
Houston’s parents, John and Cissy, cast a long shadow over her career and both are strong presences here. Euphoric live performances including her breath-taking rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner at the 1991 Super Bowl are a desperately sad reminder of the immense talent we all lost on February 11, 2012, when the singer accidentally drowned in a hotel room bath tub.
Throughout, her vocals soar to dizzying heights and Macdonald’s upsetting film follows her most of the way. 1. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2. Ocean’s 8
3. Sicario 2: Soldado
4. Tag
5. Sanju
6. Hereditary
7. Adrift
8. Patrick
9. Deadpool 2
10. Solo: A Star Wars Story
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