Synopsis
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
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Cast
- Michael JacksonSelf
- OrianthiSelf
- Kenny OrtegaSelf
- Dorian HolleySelf
- Patrick WoodroffeSelf
- Bashiri JohnsonSelf
- Mo PleasureSelf
- Jonathan MoffettSelf
- Tommy OrganSelf
- Jasmine AlveranEarth Child
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
[An] extraordinary documentary, nothing at all like what I was expecting to see. Here is not a sick and drugged man forcing himself through grueling rehearsals, but a spirit embodied by music. Michael Jackson was something else. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
What this strange yet strangely beguiling film does is capture one of pop culture's great entertainers in the feverish grips of pure creativity. - 80
Variety
There’s an incredible amount to enjoy here, and the star’s fans will be in rapture. - 75
Chicago Tribune
He could dance brilliantly right up to the end, it’s clear.This Is It may be a court documentary, but as a heavily lawyered portrait of an artist, it’s still pretty compelling. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
This Is It offers a raw and endearing sketch of a genius at work. - 75
Boston Globe
Watching Jackson pop, lock, rock, writhe, thrust, and clutch his crotch, even at 50 percent, leaves a feeling of woe: This show really would have been major. - 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Michael Jackson's This Is It looks beyond the reconstructed face and spindly body of the late King of Pop and basks in his meteoric light. - 75
USA Today
If This Is It doesn't miraculously restore the middle-aged Jackson to his past glory, it at least offers glimpses of his bygone greatness, and poignant suggestions of what might have been.
