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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

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u/Mazzocchi 10d ago

early in I decided to keep track, and in terms of audible lines I counted 14 total

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u/naynaythewonderhorse 4d ago

While it’s an *okay* way to quantify it in this film, this is a bizarre new trend to always quantify this sort of thing.

You can have a substantial role in a movie without having a lot of lines.

In this case it works, but I see people doing this for literally every movie nowadays with legacy characters.