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Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009)
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Reviews Counted:172
Fresh:139
Rotten:33
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.
Theatrical Release: Oct 28, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $71.8M
Synopsis: "This Is It," features Michael Jackson in his final days rehearsing for a series of comeback concerts in London, shortly before his untimely death.... [More]
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REVIEWS FOR MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT
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It's a goddamn American tragedy. Let the poor sick bastard rest in peace.
Mar 19, 2010
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.
Jan 29, 2010
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.
Jan 29, 2010
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.
Jan 26, 2010
...a pretty amazing labor of love...a DVD that anyone interesting in music, live shows and the creative process should see.
Jan 25, 2010
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Jan 20, 2010
'This is It' is tied together by an aesthetic that can only be called Synthetic Intimacy.
Jan 8, 2010
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
Dec 15, 2009
As breathtaking as it is heartbreaking.
Dec 2, 2009
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.
Nov 24, 2009
As much as This Is It recalls Jackson's genius, it perpetuates the exploitation that shaped his life.
Nov 19, 2009
Now, when I see and hear the fan worship, I don't silently cringe. Never again. I nod my head in affirmation.
Nov 15, 2009
... a concert-that-never-was film that trumps that genre because of its ultimate humanity, imperfection and lack of overproduction
Nov 12, 2009
... unapologetically worshipful, but it delivers.
Nov 12, 2009
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.
Nov 11, 2009
LATEST NEWS FOR MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT
January 25, 2010:
RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: This Is It and Whip It
This week on DVD and Blu-Ray, we've got a lot of new releases - some of them more worthy of mention than others - and a couple of new editions of familiar titles. In addition, we have one very...
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December 1, 2009:
Michael Jackson Had Plans to Make 3D Feature Version of Thriller
The director of This Is It!, Kenny Ortega, has stated that Michael Jackson had wanted to make a feature length 3D version of his legendary music video for "Thriller," as well as another feature film....
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November 30, 2009:
Sony Says This Is It on January 26
Hoping to give Michael Jackson's "This Is It" to friends and loved ones for Christmas this year? Sorry -- Sony won't be releasing it to the DVD and Blu-ray market until January 26.
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November 25, 2009:
This Is It's Lost 3-D Opportunities
2009 might have been the year that 3-D finally came into its own at the movies, but for the companies that were slated to add a third dimension to Michael Jackson's "This Is It," it'll always...
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November 2, 2009:
Kenny Ortega Talks This Is It DVD/Blu-ray
If you enjoyed "This Is It" last week, but wondered what was going to happen to all the footage that didn't make it into the final cut, Kenny Ortega has some good news for you: the "This Is It"...
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