I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022) — Whitney Houston

Despite Naomi Ackie's spirited lead performance, the Whitney Houston biopic suffers from a paint-by-numbers approach that crams decades into a rushed 144-minute timeline. It skims over her most complex struggles, resulting in a film that feels more like a Wikipedia summary than a deep portrait. Critics noted it is faster than the average biopic at glossing over dark periods, yet still slower than the worst offender on this list. The film earned a 51% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, proving that even a talented cast cannot salvage a script without depth. By omitting key scenes of her addiction, the film is 30% lighter on detail than the runner-up in narrative heft.