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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.

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Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for some suggestive choreography and scary images

Runtime: 2 hr. 1 min.

Genre: Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts

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.... "This Is It," features Michael Jackson in his final days rehearsing for a series of comeback concerts in London, shortly before his untimely death. The movie will be drawn from hundreds of hours of rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage. Jackson was staging his rehearsals at Staples Center and The Forum. The film will also offer select sequences in 3D and will also have a career retrospective and interviews with some of Jackson's closest friends and collaborators. [More]

Starring: Michael Jackson

Starring: Michael Jackson

Director: Kenny Ortega

Director: Kenny Ortega
Screenwriter:
Producer: Paul Gongaware, Randy Phillips
Distributor: Sony Pictures/Columbia Pictures

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Jul 7, 2010
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Jul 7, 2010
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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2010
Dark Horizons

It's a goddamn American tragedy. Let the poor sick bastard rest in peace.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
Mar 19, 2010
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

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.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
Jan 29, 2010
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

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.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment 1 Comment
Jan 29, 2010
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

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.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
Jan 26, 2010
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

...a pretty amazing labor of love...a DVD that anyone interesting in music, live shows and the creative process should see.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment 1 Comment
Jan 25, 2010
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
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Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | comment Comment
Jan 20, 2010
Bullz-Eye.com

'This is It' is tied together by an aesthetic that can only be called Synthetic Intimacy.

Full Review Source: Film Snobs | comment Comment
Jan 8, 2010
Stephen Himes
Stephen Himes
Film Snobs

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

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
Dec 15, 2009
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

As breathtaking as it is heartbreaking.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment 1 Comment
Dec 2, 2009
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

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.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment 4 Comments
Nov 24, 2009
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

As much as This Is It recalls Jackson's genius, it perpetuates the exploitation that shaped his life.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
Nov 19, 2009
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

Now, when I see and hear the fan worship, I don't silently cringe. Never again. I nod my head in affirmation.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment 3 Comments
Nov 15, 2009
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

... a concert-that-never-was film that trumps that genre because of its ultimate humanity, imperfection and lack of overproduction

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
Nov 12, 2009
Michael Wade Simpson
Michael Wade Simpson
culturevulture.net

... unapologetically worshipful, but it delivers.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
Nov 12, 2009
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

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.

Full Review Source: The Trend | comment 5 Comments
Nov 11, 2009
Stephen Silver
Stephen Silver
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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... More...

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.... More...

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. More...

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... More...

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"... More...

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