Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

3.2/10   

Director:

Allan Moyle

Writer (WGA):

Claudia Salter (written by)

Release Date:

6 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Music

Plot:

Chronicles the rise and fall of pop king Michael Jackson. |

Plot Keywords:

Michael Jackson | Rise And Fall | Singer | Price Of Fame | Accusation

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Flex Alexander	...	Michael Jackson
Eugene Clark	...	Bobby
Theresa Browning	...	Woman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marty Antonini	...	Detective #2
Tom Carey	...	Director
Brian Copping	...	Elder
Lynne Cormack	...	Liz Taylor
Hugh Delaney	...	Judge
Cedric De Souza	...	Martin Bashir
Talon Dunbar	...	Little Boy
Greg Farkas	...	Male Dancer
Brennan Gademans	...	Young Michael
Jason Griffith	...	Jermaine Jackson
Patricia Idlette	...	Katherine Jackson
Reamonn Joshee	...	Junkie
Samantha Kaine	...	Diana Ross (as Samantha Banton)
Liberty Kee	...	Nanny (as Linda Kee)
Greg Lawson	...	Detective #1
Daniel Libman	...	Dr. Goodman (as Dan Libman)
Barbara Mamabolo	...	Janet Jackson
Brian Martell	...	Thomas (as Brian Martel)
Peter Onorati	...	Ziggy
Duncan Pattillo	...	Bodyguard
Lou Poulis	...	Gardner
Brendan Prost	...	Manny
Brooklynn Proulx	...	Paris Jackson (Michaels daughter)
Krista Rae	...	Lisa Marie Presley
Chad Riley	...	Dance crew member
Troy Rudolph	...	Stage Manager
Carrie Schiffler	...	Surgeon
Connor Schmidt	...	Lisa's Boy
Peter Skagen	...	Attorney
Amy Sloan	...	Holly
William S. Taylor	...	Johnny Cochran (as William Taylor)
April Telek	...	Debbie Rowe
Michael Tod	...	Sick Boy
Jameson Trenholm	...	Junkie #2
Frederic Tucker	...	Joe Jackson
Aidan Wilks	...	David
Gerrick Winston	...	Tito Jackson

Also Known As:

Family Values (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements.

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Blueprint Entertainment

Trivia:

The cast credits at the end of the film list Jeff Scott as having played the Stage Manager. In reality, Scott was unable to fulfill the requirements of the role, and Trainee Assistant Director Troy Rudolph was chosen to replace him at the last minute.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe that the only people who will be saved after Armageddon are the 144,000 that will go to heaven. They believe that the rest of the people who God spares will live forever on a cleansed paradise Earth. Michael's family would not have referred to themselves and their loved ones as part of the 144,000.

Movie Connections:

References Thriller (1983) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Freeman

My two year old could've wrote a better movie than this

Although I'm a Michael Jackson fan, I look at things very objectively.

As a fan, I hope he did not do what he is accused of, and I am happy that he was proved innocent on all charges.

First let me start off by saying trying to make a movie about Michael Jackson without 'Beat It' or 'Billie Jean' is like trying to make a hamburger without ground beef.

Not even one little "I'm Bad, you know it."

But since this movie was not made with MJ's blessing they could not use any of his music.

I really came into this movie expecting to see a sequel to "An American Dream".

Boy was I sorely disappointed.

If you're going to make a movie at least have your actors resemble the people they are portraying a LITTTLE!

Jeez! And Elizabeth Taylor around the time MJ was accused the first time in 93 hasn't looked that young in well....forever.

Flex as Michael Jackson? Lord where did the person who casted this movie get his start? I hope he doesn't cast his other projects this poorly.

My choice for Michael Jackson would have been one of his widely known impersonators like Edward Moss (the guy from Scary Movie 3. Even out of make-up, Moss resembles a Thriller-era Mike.

And although the movie tries to portray MJ positively and show us things from his side, it's so full of pity for MJ you almost forget that he had nothing to do with this movie.

The movie can't even get it's relationships right.

Janet and Michael are and always have been close, but he was never buddy-buddy with her first husband James DeBarge.

In fact, Michael doesn't even acknowledge the guy as a former brother-in-law.

No closeness between Michael and Jermaine. Jermaine is the brother that Michael is closest to.

And this movie is so chronologically displaced, it's not even funny. Furthermore, this movie portrayed Joe Jackson to be an asshole. He was in fact strict and very disciplined oriented but he still loves his boys. Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs plays Joe a lot better. He was hard on them but there was a few good father/son moments between him and various sons. In 'Jacksons: An American Dream" where Michael is upset about Jermaine leaving the group and his about to perform for the first time without him, Joe pats Mike on the shoulder and says, "Mike, he'll be back someday."

And when he and Kate rush to the hospital after Michael is burned and the reporter asks him how does he feel about it,

JOE: "YOU HAVE ANY KIDS?"

REPORTER: "WHY, NO."

JOE: "THAT'S MY SON IN THERE....MY SON."

This movie just made Joe to be a completely heartless prick. It practically jumps straight from the 93 allegation to the Bashir interview in 2003. Then to the baby incident, which was in 2002.

What the hell?

How are you going to jump back a year?

I could talk about how bad this movie was all night, but who the hell's got the time?