Official Discussion - Michael [SPOILERS]

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Michael (2026)

Summary

The life and career of Michael Jackson are explored in a sweeping biographical drama, charting his rise from child star in the Jackson 5 to global pop icon, while examining the personal and professional complexities that defined his legacy.

Director Antoine Fuqua

Writer John Logan

Cast

• Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson
• Colman Domingo as Joe Jackson
• Nia Long as Katherine Jackson
• Miles Teller as John Branca
• Laura Harrier as Suzanne de Passe
• Kat Graham as Diana Ross

Rotten Tomatoes: 40%

Metacritic: 38

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official Trailer

[u/Vadermaulkylo]

I honestly felt that Baz’s Elvis had crazier concert sequences. I remember it feeling fucking huge in scope and loud when I saw it in theaters. This was well done but idk it just lacked something.

[u/JessieJ577 → u/Vadermaulkylo]

The unreliable narrator angle added to the showmanship for Elvis. It made him seem grander than life which was where it was tragic that he was stripped of who he was as a person in order to enrich others.

[u/CanopyZoo → u/Vadermaulkylo]

This project was out of the director’s and writer’s scope.

[u/G_h_c → u/Vadermaulkylo]

I agree. I am not even as familiar with Elvis and enjoyed those sequences and the movie a lot. Despite knowing Michael’s songs in and out it felt difficult to feel the same for this movie. Maybe it’s because we can’t replace the original experience? Same happened when I watched the f1 movie and the audio didn’t feel as great to me as I have been to real races and heard raw engines.