| Man in the Mirror - The Michael Jackson Story |  | Director: Allan Moyle
Actors: Flex Alexander, Eugene Clark, Theresa Browning, Marty Antonini, Tom Carey
Studio: Paramount
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Dictionary), English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PARD888854D
UPC: 097368888548
EAN: 0097368888548
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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| Features:
| - | VH1 Original Movie | | - | Widescreen Version Enhanced for HDTVs | | - | Dolby Digital | | - | English Stereo | | - | Behind-The-Scenes Look Into the Life of Michael Jackson |
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Product Description
Dramatization of pop superstar Michael Jackson's complicated rise to stardom.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 8-FEB-2005
Media Type: DVD
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Flex Alexander's affecting performance in the lead role lifts Man in the Mirror, an account of the troubled, turbulent adult life of Michael Jackson. And a grim, melodramatic, and sometimes way over-the-top tale it is, as the film chronicles the litany of catastrophes visited on Jackson since Thriller turned him into the self-proclaimed King of Pop. It's all here: the Jehovah's Witnesses' horrified reaction to the supposedly blasphemous "Thriller" video (a disclaimer was added at their behest); the filming of the Pepsi commercial during which Jackson's hair caught on fire; the constant hectoring and bullying by his father, Joseph Jackson, and his subsequent alienation from his family; his many cosmetic surgeries; the debacle that was his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley; the controversial incident when he dangled his newborn son from his Berlin hotel room window; and, of course, the ongoing allegations of child molestation (to their credit, the filmmakers are fairly circumspect about the latter, neither condemning nor exonerating him). Through it all, Alexander plays Jackson as a true innocent, guileless and easily manipulated, wondering how the world can be so wicked ("What's wrong with love?" is a frequent refrain), and yet essentially kind, likable, and devoted to his fans. Alexander has Jackson's voice down, as well as some of his dance moves, and if Man in the Mirror contains no actual Jackson songs or realistic performance footage, well, that's life in the low-budget world of made-for-TV movies (it originally aired in 2004 on VH-1). Man in the Mirror hardly qualifies as great art, but in the end, it's nothing more, or less, than diverting, voyeuristic good fun. --Sam Graham
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| Customer Reviews:
 Man in the Mirrow January 18, 2010
Judith A. Frankenberger (Evansville, IN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It was a Christmas present and it got here with time to spare. Knew I would be able to find it at Amazon when I couldn't get it at Best Buy.
 Good movie December 15, 2009
Anna Wirt (Houston, Texas)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Recommended for any true MJ fan. I wasn't that impressed with the actor chosen to portray MJ, but he did a fairly good job. Some parts were obviously dramatized for effect and didn't rely on "fact", but it was still worth purchasing and watching.
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