'Michael' review: Resurrecting the King of Pop, sans complications

“Michael” slides a sequin glove over the pop star’s tarnished legacy, shrouding Michael Jackson’s complications with a conventional biopic that, if you cover your ears, sounds great, writes Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review.

Antoine Fuqua’s movie is sanctioned by Jackson’s estate and its producers include Jackson’s executors.

So it is, by its nature, a narrow, authorized perspective on the King of Pop. “Michael” doesn’t even subtly nod to more difficult facts about Jackson's life.

It moonwalks right past them.

The result is a kind of fantasy film, one that relives the extraordinary highs of Michael Jackson while turning a blind eye to the lows.