LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH Documentary Review 

He was such a private individual; I couldn’t imagine how they could weave together a documentary.

One of my dear friends said whenever Luther was in a love relationship he’d be thin but when he was heartbroken he’d get heavy. He was a sound man and traveled on the road with Luther. I never forgot that and I could certainly relate to it.

I will definitely watch because I love his music. Disappointed they don't delve any deeper but it seems like he didn't want that. He will always be legendary

I’m 50 and the way I loved me some Lutha growing up…chile 😩. My daughter’s wedding song was A House Is Not A Home and it was at that moment that I knew I hadn’t failed her as a parent 😅. She has fantastic taste in music.

"This man was known for writing Love songs, who did you love?" ~Joseph

Joseph that shirt is so crisp 🤍

Luther Vandross is one of my all time favs! I wish that I could have seen him live in concert. Nick and Joseph you guys have been dropping videos like no other today. I cannot keep up! LOL!

Luther always maintained proper social decorum as one with unflappable integrity and class. I have never known him to be crass, but, it’s been said when he was pressed in an interview about people wanting to know his sexuality, he responded, “It’s none of their f**king business.” Fair enough. He was dead set on not discussing that in life, therefore no one needs to weigh in on his behalf in death. That, in and of itself, would be disrespectful to him and his memory. It’s not anyone else’s story to tell. That’s Luther’s story. If you want to know - o, well. Get over it. Let it be.

I absolutely LOVE his voice and I always knew he was gay YEARS ago but I didn't care.❤

I am 33 years old and I grew up listening to Luther Vandross and loving his music and another song that had clues to the fact that Luther Vandross was gay was the song your secret love.

I just saw a screening of this film last night. It was EVERYTHING and I loved it! We all laughed, cried, and sang along. I learned things about his life and career I never knew before.

If we’re going to go there then we need to GO THERE! Especially the rumors about Eddie Murphy

One of the most magical moments in my life is having dinner with Luther at an after party for Ashford & Simpson at Radio City. I was friends with the VP of Marketing at Radio City. He knew what a fan of Diana Ross and so many of the great Divas. It’s something we had in common. So surprisingly, I was invited to this special even. Even more exciting was my being sifted next to Luther, Ashford & Simpson and Luther’s close friend and back up singer, Fonzi Thornton. Luther and I spent the entire evening marveling at the talents of Ms. Ross….even celebrating how fabulous she sounded under the headphones. Luther and I had an instant rapport, two gay men of color riffing on our love of Diana and many of the Dark Divas like Aretha and Dionne. Nick also cited in quite often. Valerie was sweet but didn’t talk much. Our gaydar was working overtime…..though we never discussed it. Luther was simply delightful. I was/am a huge fan. Songs like “You Stopped Loving Mme”, made me melancholy and sensitive to the possibility that Luther never found true love. Though I love Streisand and Midler, I often said that for a little gay boy of color, we had Diana Ross and The Supremes. I’m not sure if it was appropriate for Patti to disclose his personal life. However, I know she said it with compassion especially since Luther began her first fan club. The man was a phenomenal talent and possessed a beautiful. Empathetic soul. Not knowing him personally, I still identify with so much of his music and aspects of his life. I agree that there’s really no need to discuss something so personal. However, it also impacted his music so his magnificent cover of “House is Not a Home” remains a soul stirring unmatchable performance with a little glimpse into his. Love and pain. He attended the opening night and the closing night of Diana Ross and The Supremes “Return to Love” Tour. In fact, for a long time the photo of he and Diana together on stage on his Wikipedia page. He revived Aretha’s career with the superb “Jump to It” album. His dedication to Dionne at the Image Awards of “House is Not a Home” simply breathtaking. I miss him. We miss him. Many great talents have difficult personal lives. It is often said their pain produced indisputable artistic achievements.

Love hearing someone who loved Luther speak on this movie.

Honestly this is the first time I heard about this 🙀 Luther’s Killing me softly with his song was such an amazing version! Better than the Fugees! Now it makes so much more sense!!!

I wasn’t ready yet had me 😂😂😂😂

I worked with the sister of Larry, who was killed in the car accident. Her younger brother was also in the car and was injured.

This singer, and George Michael, are the ones that had at least 3 songs that had the most classiest/catchy song hooks I never got bored with all these years😊

It was always luther and Freddie jackson, who was gay but we didn't care

Growing up, I was staunchly resistant to Luther. It was grown folks' music to my ears. As an adult, I discovered a love and appreciation for his vocal talent and his music. He made SO MANT great songs, but my favorite is Wait For Love.

We all grew up whit Luther and his sexuality never came up until I was an adult.

I love me some Luther Vandross! I am really glad you covered this one, I cannot wait to see it.

The Clive Davis comment had me rollin!

Sounds like a very frustrating watch.I wonder if this documentary being so coded had anything to do with his estate.

Did they talk about the time Luther called the cops on En Vogue because they kept walking by his dressing room? 😅

I think there were several reasons he didn't want to come out. It was the 80s, his mother was very religious, it was financially better to pretend he sang songs about girls and he loved being rich and fabulous, he preferred white males. I always loved his music and the sophisticated approach he had creating his songs. But I always thought he was an unhappy and emotionally conflicted person who was trapped in this life that he had created for himself.

Joseph is so ruthless I love it 😂❤

Luther is/was FINE! Some of us like a Teddy Bear!

Did they address his tour feuds with En Vogue and Anita Baker? Or when Aretha stormed out of the studio because she was the queen of the one-take recordings and he wanted her to rerun the song?

I got into Luther via Bowie. Such a beautiful voice. A shame he didn't get the material he deserved.

Bravo. I love your thoughtful analysis here. ❤

I had no idea about the car accident. Wow.

I think the reason the documentary was not the deep because respect for his mother.

love Luther Vandross

Thank you for sharing your documentary review. I didn't know that this Luther Vandross documentary exist until now. 30jan24

It's really sad that even in death his life is hidden in the shadows.

I love Luther so much.

As somebody who knew almost nothing about Luther Vandross before seeing this movie, I thought it was an excellent documentary. I agree with these reviewers in that I thought they overdid talking about his eating habits/diet. (And as a straight guy, it was never obvious to me before seeing the movie that Luther was gay. So for me personally, the documentary did a good enough job with that part of his story.)

I always loved LV❤❤❤❤

Love you two

Beautiful man, beautiful voice.

OK, I always thought he was hot so there were people thinking about him in that way. I remember an Entertainment Tonight interview where the “reporter” asked what’s it like being so popular looking the way you do. I thought it was very rude and helped lead to his drastic and dangerous weight loss. He was very sexy the way he was. Just sayin’

I've been a life long fan of Luther's. I spotted him & his voice when he was with David Bowie. This was done from the few point of the black woman who says, "I know but if he don't want to talk about, it's none of my business." Isn't it interesting how it seems ok for the black community to bring up ANY & EVERY THING about Whitney's sexuality, which was also very much in the closet, but Luther as a Black Man, has the narrative of FIGHTING TO THE END OF TIME to keep it, "None of my business." I think it's BS. I want to see this but I already know it's going to make me mad.

I only hope that Luther had true love in his life. It's sadly possible that the reason that was not in the documentary at all, is because he didn't have it. Or he was just that deep in the closet about it. Those are the choices this terrible society made a lot of gay men have in the 70s and 80s.

Luther outed himself on Arsenio Hall’s show when he said if he wasn’t a singer he’d would be an interior decorator…The next day some record Exec said “he’s lost the females and now he’s the in the Johnny Mathis record sales category!”

I love Luther's music so I'll watch the documentary. I watched a documentary on Luther that aired on BET years ago so I probably won't learn anything new.

never too much never too much love that song

I'll see the doc regardless of its short comings. Y'all are messy don't ever change. 😂

well put!

Can someone please tell me where to find it to watch it? Ive been searching for a while now. Thx in advance.

Oh come on everybody should have known he was gay but it didn’t matter . We loved Luther , gay or not . I believe nobody gave a damn it was Luther vandtoss.

Jealous yall saw it! It wasn't availble in the virtual Sundance package😢

Seems to me from what you guys said, that this docu about Luther Vandross is incomplete because they only skim the surface of who he is; they never delve into the the why. I believe that someone else, a better writer should delve deeper into his live and tell his WHOLE story. We (gays, straights, everyone) need to be reminded of how great people were handicapped by fear from the repercussions of being their authentic selves

You look just like Luther in that image behind you. Best.

Where can we watch this docu?

When will the general public be able to see this documentary?? Thank you.

Where can we watch this doc?

Absolutely loved Luther his sexuality never came into it for me just loved him unconditionally and his voice was unbelievable

I was going to ask if there was any new information in the documentary

He was big gay

Shame man. Never knew his story.

But,the way he lost weight led to the strokes, those drugs ruined his life.