Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland (2017)

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

This was by far the best documentary film about Michael Jackson yet! The story was phenomenal! It made be start to draw a tear in my eye when I saw Navi as Michael Jackson for the first time. It made me feel like Michael really is back but at the same time he wasn't :-( There was a lot of great acting in it! The kids however, that took the role to play as Prince, Paris, and Blanket did a wonderful job! I literally cried at the end of the film. It was such a great movie that I'd like to give it more than ten stars, more like ten million stars!

The movie was pretty well made, the actor who played Michael did a very good job but I have to admit that I was very distracted by his accent coming through. I give him credit because he obviously tried hard, but the accent would sometimes slip through and stick throughout a bit of dialogue as if he forgot to try to use an American accent.Despite that, the movie was pretty good, it felt like being inside the inner circle, it's a movie that I think is worth watching. I honestly didn't know what I was getting into, I thought it was a documentary when I first started it but I learned right away that it's not. And whomever they got to play Joe Jackson! excellent casting, he looked a lot like Joe and played it off well..

As we get closer to the tenth anniversary of Michael Jackson's death, expect more projects like this to come out of the woodwork. With that said, I wasn't expecting much when the special was being promoted. There's been so many biographies and documentaries coming from all directions in the eight years he's been gone. Sadly, each story seems to contradict the others in some sort of way, so it was really tough to see what this special was going to do.The story is apparently based on a book, which I have yet to read. It does make me very interested in reading it. The story is told from two of his security guards, who became two of his very few trusted friends.We follow them and Jackson through the last stages of his life.The special shows him as a loving father, an overly nice individual, but still a stress-filled wreck because of his fame and legal past. An individual who's having trouble finding any sort of trust in anybody, and has been betrayed by those around him because of his legal history. It also explores his financial situation, someone who is rich but with no control over his finances because of his debt.The guards are actually on-screen more than Jackson's character, which is actually pretty effective. My main complaint on this special is that it is incredibly sanitized. They try way too hard to not offend anybody with it and seemed to purposely present it in a way that wouldn't lead to controversy, particularly with Jackson's estate, whom did not approve the special.That's not to say it's bad, it's actually pretty good. The performances are wonderful, with Navi shining in his portrayal of Michael Jackson. It's also well filmed, and it hits almost all the right notes emotionally. It does fall flat in places with its pace, but for the most part, it's well told. I have heard the book is far more detailed, but that's almost always the case when it comes to book adaptations.So overall, it's definitely okay to sit through. My only advise is not to go into it too overly hyped by expecting something as good as the 1992 miniseries, An American Dream and you'll be fine.

Great movie, well done for a LIFETIME true-story biopic.JAMAL i think his name is and the other nice bodyguard truly were so LOYAL. .Loyalty is so hard to find now a days. But the only issue with this rated NINE TV cable movie is the accent. Michael was not white.Was a black man. RIP. But the actor is white who do resemble him some scenes, not all. But, the accent was so bad. I think that was wrong to have a white dude.But he did again most times in most scenes resemble MJ later in life. But the accent was too British..Shouldn't have been done like this. The accent was making the movie almost un-enjoyable for me but overall i give it a NINE as a huge mj fan the kid scenes were so realistic sad they lost their great father so soon. RIP MJ ALWAYS REMEMBERED.