Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story

Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story is a 2005 made-for-TV drama, originally airing on VH1. It is a spiritual successor to the miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream, and is an unauthorized docudrama about mh:delightfulmusicandsongs:Michael Jackson after he started a solo career.

Why It's Bad (HEEHEE!)

 * 1) Terrible acting, including the concert scenes, showing that Alexander can't dance as Jackson could.
 * 2) They couldn't get the rights to any of Jackson's songs, leaving the King of Pop dancing to stock music.
 * 3) Poor casting choices; none of the characters look like who they're supposed to be portraying, especially Flex Alexander as Jackson, as his portrayal falls into the uncanny valley.
 * 4) Stupid editing, as it randomly cuts to actual news footage.
 * 5) There's an awkward scene where Jackson asks a bodyguard for the time and he responds with "Midnight, September 11th, 2001" which then cuts to Jackson and his kids watching the 9/11 attacks live on TV.
 * 6) Shoddy camerawork.
 * 7) Most of the film is pretty inaccurate; for example, in this film, Jackson is depicted as dark-skinned until he marries Debbie Rowe in 1996, despite losing virtually all of his pigment by 1990 in real life.
 * 8) The film depicts Jackson as a paranoid, dumb singer living in a fantasy world, almost seeming like a satire on him rather than a straightforward drama.
 * 9) The makeup used to make Alexander look like Jackson from the 90s and onward is extremely uncanny.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) Flex Alexander and Eugene Clark give decent performances.

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