Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Tamara Tunie, Clarke Peters, Ashton Sanders, Nafessa Williams, Naheem Garcia |
| Director |
Kasi Lemmons |
| Screenplay | Anthony McCarten |
| Cinematography | Barry Ackroyd |
| Editing | Daysha Broadway |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Made in | 2022 |
| Produced by | Compelling Pictures, Black Label Media, Muse of Fire, Primary Wave Entertainment, TriStar Pictures, West Madison Entertainment |
Official Site | IMDB page | CommonSenseMedia Report
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| Genre | Drama, musical, reality. |
| Language | None (sic) |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Strong Drug Content, Some Strong Language, Smoking, Suggestive Reference |
| Runtime | 146 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
| 12A: Suitable for 12 years and older | Drug misuse, Domestic abuse, Discrimination, Sex references, Language |
| Runtime | 144 |
| British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
| Suggested age limit 14 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Metacritic.com 22 critics | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 38 critics | 10 |  |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer  Another wiki-biopic for posterity‘s sake, the relatively watchable I Wanna Dance with Somebody leaves you feeling like you were on stage with Whitney Houston, but didn’t really get to dance with her. | 8 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Joyce Slaton Superstar's rise to fame has mature themes, drug use. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| IMDB 159 Netizens | 14 |  |
| The Movie DB Community | 4 |  |
Average .. 48% | 10 | |