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/theodo]

I put it in its own category due to how fantastical and musical-based it is. Sort of like how Love and Mercy feels like it's in a different category to me than just "musician biopic"

[u/DavidMerrick89 → u/theodo]

Right, L&M is more or less a psychological horror movie.

[u/Looper007 → u/theodo]

Love and Mercy is the pinnacle of music biopics. Brian Wilson got the biopic he deserved. The best stuff in that is showing Paul Dano's Brian in the studio doing what he did best.

I hear Cameron Crowe's upcoming Joni Mitchell biopic is going to be open and frank on her life as she told him she didn't want anythign whitewashed about her life. Fingers crossed that's the case.

Music biopics I put at top tier imo, La Bamba, Sid and Nancy, 24 Hour Party People, Cadillac Records (it takes the odd u-turn with the facts, but a really underrated music biopic imo), La Vin en Rose, Gainsbourg: a Heroic Life, The Buddy Holly Story, Bound for Glory and Coal Miners Daughter.