Macdonald’s super-sized approach to the usual rise-and-fall tale earned the support of Houston’s estate, making it packed with insights from friends, associates, hired hands and family as well as never-seen footage. This is the second recent plunge into Houston’s life after last year’s “Whitney: Can I Be Me.” That more sensational effort made hay from the singer’s romantic relationship with Robyn Crawford, her supportive lesbian lover who was part of her life from age 18. Here, Houston’s music takes a back seat to digging for the reason why she never really felt comfortable in her own skin. Unlike “ Amy”-the 2015 Oscar-winning doc about Amy Winehouse, another bedeviled singer gone too soon-there are no personal lyrics to pay homage to her talent and capture her state of mind. Word to the wise: Appreciate that goose-pimply triumph when it arrives, because matters quickly begin to grow ever darker from there on. I was surprised how moved I was, even years later, after hearing her treatment of the national anthem again.
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