Bad 25

Name: Bad 25
Director: Spike Lee
Released: 2012

Spike Lee

2012

Synopsis

Spike Lee pays tribute to Michael Jackson's Bad on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the epochal album, offering behind-the-scenes footage of Jackson recording the album and interviews with confidants, musicians, choreographers, and such music-world superstars as Kanye West, Sheryl Crow, Cee Lo Green and Mariah Carey.

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Time
Bad 25 is an intimate view of a performer at his peak in the intense splendor of creativity.
80
Village Voice
Spike Lee has given the world the first tribute that fully measures up to Jackson the artist. Come on get your sham on.
80
Los Angeles Times
On-screen, Bad 25 moves in the style of a great pop song.
75
The Playlist
It's fascinating, warm and immensely watchable stuff, and fans of both Jackson and pop music in general will surely eat the film up.
70
The New York Times
Though at times a tad worshipful, the film's tone is ultimately more awed than hagiographic, its commenters too cleareyed and candid to back away from negative publicity or public disenchantment.
70
Variety
A blockbuster melange of Motown, metal, hip-hop, world and gospel influences, bound by trailblazing production, "Bad" has stood in its predecessor's shadow too long, and Spike Lee convincingly makes the case for reassessment with this exhaustive and entertaining if less-than-penetrating documentary on its creation.
60
New York Daily News
Michael Jackson fans will love Spike Lee's look back at the making of a classic, even if the extensive collection of clips and contemporary interviews - which could have used a firm edit - feels more suited to DVD.
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CineVue
Bad 25 is primarily a film about an album and not about a life; a tribute to the master craftsman and musical talent that was Jackson and not a penetrative investigation of the man who made the music.

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