I Am Michael
2015, Gay and lesbian/Drama, 1h 42m
36 Reviews 2,500+ RatingsWhat to know
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I Am Michael takes a determinedly balanced approach to its complex subject, and although the results don't always add up, they're anchored by strong work from James Franco. Read critic reviews
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Michael Glatze
Bennett
Rebekah Fuller
Tyler
Nico
Deborah
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Critic Reviews for I Am Michael
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The performances are uniformly good and Kelly's effort to tell an unbiased story is admirable, but I Am Michael ultimately delivers more in the way of talking points than drama.
February 2, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review… -
Franco's fantastic here. He gives a fieriness to Michael as a gay advocate, then seamlessly slides into borderline madness as he starts accepting that the "voice" he hears is God's.
January 27, 2017 | Full Review… -
Kelly is finding his sea-legs as a director.
January 27, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
Despite some wooden line readings, Franco gives himself fully to the challenge of rendering Glatze with truth and resolve.
January 26, 2017 | Full Review… -
Mr. Franco broods and puzzles and vacillates. But he often seems abandoned by a director whose approach is so noncommittal and dramatically limp that it strands the actor, and his character, in a bland purgatory of conflicting motivations.
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A soberly stylish, impressively non-judgmental portrait of a controversial real-life case of transformation.
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Audience Reviews for I Am Michael
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Feb 10, 2015A remarkably sympathetic and nuanced character study about an idealist LGBT activist who slowly becomes a pathetic shadow of himself due to fear and religion, and it is beautiful to see how the film never vilifies him, which would have been actually quite easy.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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