I think any fan of MJ’s will appreciate what "This Is It" offers – a glimpse of a Michael that I don’t think we ever really got to know, and the final steps of a genius, fully dedicated to his craft...

| Sep 13, 2022

It's difficult not to appreciate the popularity and impact of Michael Jackson's music, along with the elaborate stage show that was put together for his final concert tour.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 29, 2020

This is a film designed to give fans one last chance to see the Jackson they knew and loved. And on that level, "This Is It" succeeds - showing that Jackson still had it, even in his final moments.

| May 11, 2019

This Is It gives us a fuller portrait of the man and his passion than we've ever seen before. But don't think it lets us finally understand him.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 1, 2018

A film that treads way too carefully around the star and the desire to preserve his image as the consummate entertainer.

| Nov 1, 2018

I think you're going to feel like you paid full price to watch the special features on a Michael Jackson DVD.

| Jan 23, 2018

It's always inspiring to see a genius at work. And that's exactly how I felt watching Michael Jackson in This Is it--inspired.

| Original Score: A | Sep 12, 2017

Don't watch this documentary film expecting to find insight into Jackson's troubled psyche, or to spot premonitions of his impending death, watch instead for glimpses of his peerless talent.

| Aug 2, 2012

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 18, 2012

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Sometimes he loses his voice and sometimes he even loses his temper. The film never shows us whether or not Michael Jackson had lost his mind. But it does show us that he never lost his talent.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 27, 2010

There are some who will claim this documentary is ghoulish. I think haunting is a better word, as you fathom what the music world would have been like had he lived.

| Jul 7, 2010

It's a goddamn American tragedy. Let the poor sick bastard rest in peace.

Full Review | Mar 19, 2010

Because the show was designed to be a nostalgic wrap-up of the highlights of [Jackson's] career, This Is It works very appropriately as a eulogy.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 29, 2010

If you've got the slightest interest in Jackson's music, then this is the movie for you. If you want to learn the truth about the icon, then you're looking at the wrong film.

Full Review | Original Score: 73/100 | Jan 29, 2010

The total DVD package is a brilliantly conceived and assembled work that shows the love (L O V E) the filmmakers have for their muse, Michael.

| Original Score: A | Jan 26, 2010

...a pretty amazing labor of love...a DVD that anyone interesting in music, live shows and the creative process should see.

| Original Score: A- | Jan 25, 2010

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 20, 2010

'This is It' is tied together by an aesthetic that can only be called Synthetic Intimacy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 8, 2010

This Is It gives us enough to see that this concert series was going to be the kind of show you tell your grandkids about, full of incredible dancing and innovative staging and energetic wowness. The missing elements serve to feature the star who has fal

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 15, 2009