lorraineesimpson

This is really a vehicle for reminding us what a fabulous singer Houston was and it's unsurprising that almost all the singing in the movie was her voice. Why would you be an actress if you could sing like that!

It passed the time. My problem with the movie was it had no depth. I didn't learn anything I didn't already know, nor did I understand Houston's self destruction any better than I did before. Bobby Brown looked and behaved like a twerp (actually I thought that was poor casting as he looked like a 16 year old all through the movie) but he must have had something that would make her fall for him! The start of her relationship with Robin was just skimmed over. I felt there was zero chemistry between the characters - same with the actor playing Brown.

On the positive side the actress playing Houston did a decent job. She looked nothing like her but she nailed the mannerisms etc. I just thought it was a bit disappointing and could have been a much more interesting story.

Very watchable series. It's not perfect but few things are. Purefoy is fantastic as the psychopathic serial killer / cult leader. Great performance and completely believable, charismatic and menacing all at once. Really he steals the whole show although Bacon is also very good. I always think he's a bit underrated as an actor yet I've rarely seen him give a bad performance.

Series 1 is the best. Series 2 is not quite as good as it starts to lose focus and ramble a bit. Series 3 is verging on a series too far. The newer characters are more caricature than anything else. Theo and his sister are pretty one dimensional, the plot becomes very thin and much less credible. Purefoy doesn't feature so much in it and it just all becomes a bit messy and drawn out. Trouble is if you watch series 1 and 2 you will want to see how it all ends up but just grit your teeth and you'll get through it!

So the 9 stars are really for the first two series. Definitely worth a watch.