Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland

Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland

Directed by Dianne Houston

Produced by Lifetime

2017102 min6.6 / 10

An intimate, melancholic portrait of Michael Jackson's final years told through his bodyguards' eyes, balancing devotion to his children with the foreboding sense of decline and hidden turmoil.

Based on the best-selling book, Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days, and told through the eyes of Jackson's trusted bodyguards, Bill Whitfield and Javon Beard. The movie will reveal firsthand the devotion Michael Jackson had to his children, and the hidden drama that took place during the last two years of his life.

Questions people ask

  • Is Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Does Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Love50

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