I stumbled across "Michael Jackson" it on the True Movie Channel- it started after "the Sonny and Cher Story" ended. From the first minute I was hooked. The faces staring into the camera, the beautiful woman playing Diana Ross whispering, "You're going to be a star, Michael! Follow your heart!" Surreal! The guy who plays Michael is gorgeous and he has great hair. The make up department goes a good job with his nose and its slimming but handles his later skin tone by slapping some white pancake makeup on him. The actress who plays Lisa Marie is cute as a button and makes their relationship convincing. "Liz Taylor" has a British accent, a fantastic beauty mark, and low rent costumes. The budget for the location shooting evident ally was tight, and included to taking the cast to a butterfly farm: the same butterfly poses on character visiting Neverland in three different sequences that are meant to take place in years apart. One of the best scenes is Michael in the rehab clinic listening to the stories of the people around him, and exclaiming, "How real!" This movie is BRILLIANT for a wet cold weekend afternoon. Realistic it isn't, but it works wonders with what it has. It brought back ton of memories for me. It still makes the audience think about Michael Jackson with sympathy. It could be he innocently just wanted to share love, and wanted his fans and friends to believe in Neverland.
Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story
(2004 TV Movie)
Off the Wall... camptastic movie, but does make the audience feel for MJ
19 January 2013