[Director Kevin McDonald] illuminates not only the tragic side of the story, but also celebrates Whitney's unique talent... [Full review in Spanish]

[Whitney] works and no moment is ever taxing or sensationalist. [Full Review in Spanish]

All told it's another solidly constructed doc profile whose very nature leads it to milk the inherent tragedy of a celebrity who checked out ahead of time.

Mixing interviews with Whitney Houston's family and friends with contemporary footage... Whitney tells a familiar enough story of how "a sweet, quiet girl", found phenomenal success.

MacDonald's Whitney is compellingly told with compassion and style, showing just how great a gift Houston was blessed with, but also the demons that pursued her all her life to its tragic end.

Where Macdonald's work does excel is in its breadth and scope, and also in the director's ability to get his protagonists to open up.

It's an often sad but always absorbing two hours, and [director Kevin] Macdonald balances the heartbreaking troughs with dazzling peaks.

A great film... [Full review in Spanish]

Many of us missed Whitney even before she left; this imperfect documentary preys calmly and effectively on that longing.

But perhaps by shining some light into this intergenerational darkness, Macdonald's film will help other suffering children, even in the homes of the rich and extremely famous.

Ultimately, Macdonald has given audiences a potent assessment of one of the most tragic stories in pop history - one that, sadly, could have been different had Whitney had the room to be Whitney.

Oddly unmoving as a memorial, but as with Amy Winehouse, it inspires a collective mea culpa for the feeding frenzy of public judgement that only turned to sympathy when it was far too late.

[A] haunting, richly contextualized documentary portrait...

Entrancingly well-done.