{"id":410400,"date":"2026-04-21T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410400\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:02:08","slug":"the-first-reviews-are-in-for-the-michael-jackson-biopic-theyre-bad-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410400\/","title":{"rendered":"The first reviews are in for the Michael Jackson biopic. They&#039;re bad. &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxORkUyQUUzM2Z2dkRUd1c0WW53WUhzcWN4S3hQTnhXQXpPUHBMeTYtWkZUUGdmSzhwLTNzckp3S19uY2s0N041VHhBN2F5RlVtZ0JNUTdzSk9xb0tlVHY5TFZEUFBHUGZZOUlrUG15Z1Juc0N5T2ZialJwdXB5TUZUTDBlNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The first reviews are in for the Michael Jackson biopic. They&#8217;re bad.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3wFBVV95cUxPSUNhbk5Nd09nX09CZk5RUTRDN0lzSjhDcGVpbzk0NUtfQS0xdnZyc1A2Q1B2Z2dVYjZXR2lqZTd1LXIwVTRMU195Wk9ITzdGb3YxUmR4M3NyNktIWTNjNGFBTXdfZncxZEpxS1AwV0pXaHU2dWhZQV8tWjhnc2I1SlgyLVh0aFNMMGRFekJDbllPWExJbEV1dTFjVnZvNVNrdTVpZURyZUhUd21lVk5ZVjBHeTdJN1pJM2VlQTM3YjdVeFUwM3pkTDRHZGhzdzFQNy1uV0FmNEZQOXpGZzV3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael review: Two hours of cosplay karaoke \u2013 and absolutely no suggestion of impropriety<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxQZVFCcUdDZ3BZb2dpMlBLV1c0NVJSNndhNEhvc2pySnhhaXdrd2pyU3B0VnUtNjlDRGFWWVE2d05QOTZpMG82UjlkV3JzTWc2dU1KR1M1QlgzNFZmRkRleXpnWlVJMnZiTUJNX2c1NEY5dzlsVGdHN0w3aVFqOG0tWmtpRzB1RFNMMG5yaHU5czBGbDZNLVJfR0pvSVMzckRLajdwRkV3ZUV2dU1PUGJxTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael review \u2013 cliched Jackson biopic is bland, bowdlerised \u2026 and bad<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE40ZWxacUxqSUJUbVEzVDJIcGQ2bVlUeGY3Yzczb1FmVE5fT3lmYm90MnBHWDJfN2MwOVBQek1CajNMcl9TdmVscTdJZHdUUTRKallOVEVKRUVvZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Jackson film is a &#8216;whitewash&#8217; and &#8216;ghoulish&#8217;, critics say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxQakE2T2Jvb2FBQ2huUHBJSEpQeDVNdXFYYk45V1p3TmxqMEtWeHdJSlVtZXlocmhjOEh1eDRlRXpmdU4tcHFwQ2E0X2VJSFN5VVNCOVpHbmp4Znd0TDBWaC1YRXUtbGRUSm9rR1gwQk1lM1kzSnZyT2kzY1VyNE5POHhtWWdPYXpsUk1BME5Wc2dyTndKNXVvcnV2WXhsSWFaQ0lvOEFhMm5GSGVsUDVodlZ3U183YmtK?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael movie review : Michael: strong performances but only half the story<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first reviews are in for the Michael Jackson biopic. They&#8217;re bad.&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalMichael review: Two hours of cosplay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[29190,33826,93,1043,61,60,75811,75812,39478,278,180327],"class_list":["post-410400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bad","tag-biopic","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jaafar-jackson","tag-michael","tag-michael-jackson","tag-music","tag-really-really-bad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}