Because the show was designed to be a nostalgic wrap-up of the highlights of [Jackson's] career, This Is It works very appropriately as a eulogy.
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01/29/10
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Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009)
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Reviews Counted:167
Fresh:135
Rotten:32
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: While it may not be the definitive concert film (or the insightful backstage look) some will hope for, Michael Jackson's This Is It packs more than enough entertainment value to live up to its ambitious title.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Theatrical Release:Oct 28, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $71,844,424
Synopsis: Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that... [More]
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Reviews for Michael Jackson's This Is It
If you've got the slightest interest in Jackson's music, then this is the movie for you. If you want to learn the truth about the icon, then you're looking at the wrong film.
01/29/10
The total DVD package is a brilliantly conceived and assembled work that shows the love (L O V E) the filmmakers have for their muse, Michael.
01/26/10
...a pretty amazing labor of love...a DVD that anyone interesting in music, live shows and the creative process should see.
01/25/10
'This is It' is tied together by an aesthetic that can only be called Synthetic Intimacy.
01/08/10
This Is It gives us enough to see that this concert series was going to be the kind of show you tell your grandkids about, full of incredible dancing and innovative staging and energetic wowness. The missing elements serve to feature the star who has fal
12/15/09
As breathtaking as it is heartbreaking.
12/02/09
A piecemeal attempt at putting a bow on Michael Jackson's overblown and bankrupt career, this clinical behind-the-scenes collage of the rehearsal process for MJ's doomed London performance schedule is more propaganda than documentary.
11/24/09
As much as This Is It recalls Jackson's genius, it perpetuates the exploitation that shaped his life.
11/19/09
Now, when I see and hear the fan worship, I don't silently cringe. Never again. I nod my head in affirmation.
11/15/09
... a concert-that-never-was film that trumps that genre because of its ultimate humanity, imperfection and lack of overproduction
11/12/09
... unapologetically worshipful, but it delivers.
11/12/09
A deeply creepy and disturbing exercise, in which we're exposed to footage that was likely never meant to see the light of day, featuring a performer who at the time was, literally, days away from death.
11/11/09
By the time the tour was gelling, the Weird One had left the building.
11/11/09
As a posthumous document, This Is It offers a veiled, vaseline-lens look behind the curtain. As a cultural event, it's more than a little creepy and depressing.
11/08/09
...a footnote to a complex, creative life that cannot be reduced to a cautionary tale. It is a glimpse of joy, a sequin shining amidst the ashes.
11/07/09
What "This is It" accomplishes is key to not only preserving Jackson's memory, but also to galvanizing his myth. Onstage, he still moonwalks, but there are new moves to be had here and a voice that is still strong.
11/06/09
A bizarre and opportunist piece of film-making.
11/06/09
I cannot image a visual record of any kind doing a better job of showing us what might have been, which makes it both a cause for celebration and its own unique tragedy
11/06/09
It's got a story, it's got music, it even has a hero, but what it lacks is soul.
11/05/09
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