‘Michael’ review: Simplistic, unchallenging and riddled with egregious omissions – this Jackson biopic is at best a fabulous karaoke act

Rating: Two out of five stars

Anyone who saw Donald Trump‘s controversial social media post depicting the US President as a Christ-like figure might be reminded of it by the Michael Jackson biopic Michael, which does for the late King of Pop what Trump was trying to do for himself. 

It shows Jackson as truly messianic, glowing with concern for sick children and general goodness.

As so often is the case, the clue to the content lies in the credits. Six of the executive producers of the film, called simply Michael, bear the surname Jackson (among them his son, Prince), and so does

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