Michael Jackson This Is It Reviews

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    • This Is It released in theaters on October 28, 2009
    • Film will play for a limited two-week run
    • Documentary contains footage of concert rehearsals taken from April through June of 2009
    • Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009

  • Reviews for the Michael Jackson This Is It documentary began to come out in the days leading up to the film's nationwide, limited two-week release on October 28, 2009. For the most part, reviews for This Is It were positive, with many saying the film offers a glimpse of Jackson's unique talent. Critic Roger Ebert raved about the movie, calling it an "extraordinary documentary" that shows "a portrait of the artist at work."http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091027/REVIEWS/910289999

  • ''This Is It'' Reviews

    "[An] extraordinary documentary, nothing at all like what I was expecting to see. Here is not a sick and drugged man forcing himself through grueling rehearsals, but a spirit embodied by music. Michael Jackson was something else."—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091027/REVIEWS/910289999

    "...there’s an incredible amount to enjoy here, and the star’s fans will be in rapture. Though Jackson looks painfully thin at times, his vocal prowess and dancing ability seem to have scarcely ebbed at all in the decade he spent offstage."—Andrew Barker, Varietyhttp://www.variety.com/review/VE1117941468.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

    • "This Is It is fun, but it's a slightly airless experience. If the movie allows you to bask in Michael Jackson's aura, it also uses his image to foster nostalgia for a concert epiphany that never quite was. Maybe it was Michael's destiny to leave us all wanting more."—Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weeklyhttp://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20315850,00.html

    "Whether presented in stripped-down sequences or as part of developing spectacles that might have been truly magical — a thrilling The Way You Make Me Feel is a standout — the songs remind us that early this summer, the world lost a genuine, if genuinely troubled, star."—Elysa Gardner, USA Today

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