Perhaps the best way to approach it -- at least for those who are not total Jackson fans -- is to view it as an often-fascinating document on how the sausage (or magic, if you will) is made for a mega-concert tour.
– Charlie McCollum,
San Jose Mercury News,
29 Oct 2009
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Michael Jackson's perfectionism fails him in This Is It, and we're all the better for it.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct 2009
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It's an expertly packaged -- brilliantly packaged, considering how quickly the job was done -- phantasmagoria that emphasizes, quite convincingly, the energy that Michael could still draw from whatever was fueling his wraith-thin body.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
30 Oct 2009
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It's purpose isn't to reinvent Jackson, but to recapture some of the creative magic that made the kid from Indiana a worldwide musical ambassador.
– Mario Tarradell,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Oct 2009
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The Michael Jackson we see here is not a self-styled Messiah or a tabloid oddity. He is, instead, what he always was underneath it all: a talented musician, a brilliant dancer, and one of the most gifted entertainers of his time.