Michael

Rated for ages 6 and up

Young Michael Jackson (Juliano Krue Valdi) is the eighth of ten children, drilled from an early age into a music career by his strict father Joe (Colman Domingo). With the family band Jackson Five he scores his first hits, and by the age of 13 he has already launched a solo career. Even in adulthood (Jaafar Jackson) his life revolves entirely around music. In the late 1970s, while working on a film project, he meets Diana Ross (Kat Graham) and producer Quincy Jones (Kendrick Sampson) - an encounter that fundamentally reshapes his musical direction. The Jones-produced album "Off the Wall" (1979) is a major success, later eclipsed by the groundbreaking and best-selling "Thriller" in 1982. Alongside this rise to fame, a rift opens with his father Joe, whom Jackson fires as his manager and replaces with attorney John Branca (Miles Teller).

Runtime: 2 hrs. 08 min.