Michael Jackson's This Is It

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  • Opened October 28, 2009 
  • 1 hr 51 min
  • PG | Suggestive Choreography and Scary Images
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 10+. More on child suitability

  • Michael Jackson's final film is a compilation of rehearsal, behind-the-scenes and other footage of the pop legend preparing for the This Is It concert series which was to be held for 100 shows in London. High School Musical's Kenny Ortega directs and handles all of the choreography. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Michael Jackson
  • Director: Kenny Ortega
  • Genres: Documentary

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Michael Jackson's This Is It. The Movie Was Amazing!

by NSF78

I did'nt cry tell i seen this movie i think i really did'nt believe he was really gone u know but this back stage film of michael seeing how hard he worked and really what it takes to make it all...

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

[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. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

A spectacular record of rehearsals for a show that wasn't to be. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Kirk Honeycutt

What this strange yet strangely beguiling film does is capture one of pop culture's great entertainers in the feverish grips of pure creativity. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

Watching his struggle is illuminating, unnerving and unforgettable. Read full review

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Michael Jackson in "Michael Jackson's This Is It."