Synopsis
Explores the experiences of James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who were both befriended and sexually abused by singer Michael Jackson, and the complicated feelings that led them both to confront their experiences.
Explores the experiences of James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who were both befriended and sexually abused by singer Michael Jackson, and the complicated feelings that led them both to confront their experiences.
Leaving Neverland: Michael Jackson and Me, ნევერლენდის დატოვება
Part 2, final thoughts:
I seriously cannot wrap my head around the idea of not believing these men. My anger towards this is so much greater than it would have been had I seen this at Sundance because just seeing the reactions to this documentary prove how much progress needs to be made. Somebody'll probably comment on this like "BUT UHH WHAT ABOUT THE EVIDENCE"
Dog, who in their right minds would make these kinds of things up, who would put themselves out there to the public and reveal a story this detailed and vulnerable. For money and attention? Yeah I'm sure they absolutely love the aggressive amount of hate and threats that have come their way since the release…
Warning: This review — like the film it describes — contains frank discussion of sex abuse involving children. Please read with caution.
It may not be much of a secret that Michael Jackson acted inappropriately with a number of young boys, but there’s no way to prepare yourself for the sickening forensic details presented in Dan Reed’s four-hour exposé. It’s one thing to be vaguely aware of the various allegations that were made against the King of Pop; the asterisks that will always be next to the late mega-star’s name. It’s quite another to hear the horrifyingly lucid testimony that stretches across the entire duration of “Leaving Neverland,” as two of Jackson’s most repeat victims bravely lay bare how a…
I went to Neverland Ranch in 2003, around the time the court cases were going on. I was about 13. It wasn’t a special invite from MJ or anything. It was for a Disney premiere screening of “Pirates of the Carribean” that my dad pulled an invite to. Not sure why they held a big event there while Jackson was AWOL dealing with the allegations, but uh, there we were.
Anyway, you get there and you get on a little train that takes you past the main house, which was empty, to the central area with the movie theater and everything.
You get off at a little train station that was serving free pastries and ice cream. I asked how…
a harrowing document of idolization, emotional manipulation and sexual abuse. not even sure how one goes about rating something like this. that bit about him rewarding james with rings and covering it up by telling the jewelry store employees that they were really shopping for women but james' fingers were comparable in size and that's why he was trying them on? just devastating. and in public! i'll confess to being quite young when the first two rounds of allegations came out so i mostly ingested them through pop culture and vague acknowledgements when his name came up. but that the broader public simply went along with the intentionally (and cynically) crafted image of himself as some sort of overgrown child…
As crushing and awful as you've heard, less a documentary than a testimonial. No rating seems appropriate.
One complaint: enough with the drone shots. They don't even belong in here at all, unless it's essential that we see what the roof of someone's apartment building looks like or how close the Hilton is to the Sheraton.
3 months in and we already have the worst film of 2019.
Dinesh D'Souza is green with envy at Dan Reed's protracted, emotionally manipulative, nonsensical, contradictory propaganda piece. There's a reason why there was nobody involved in the court case in this documentary, there's a reason why there's nobody with specific knowledge of the evidence involved in the documentary, there's a reason why Dan Reed refused to interview Corey Feldman (Maybe the most outspoken voice against child molestation in all of Hollywood) or Emmanuel Lewis or Macaulay Culkin or Brett Barnes or any of the alleged victims who maintained Michael's innocence (Who he he goes on record calling "loyalists", which if his claims were true, is pretty damn close to…
Hard to put this into words right away - I've been a lifelong Jackson fan, and it makes me feel ashamed and guilty, everything was so obvious & even if Jackson won his trial, this is the American justice system. So if you or I believed he still wasn't guilty it's because we wanted to believe that. The 4 hours are necessary - almost heroic, because it allows the victims to speak at their own pace. And Oprah isn't wrong - it's about **more**: celebrity idolization, fame, celeb culture and what that lets people get away with. But in the end it comes down like a hammer: ultimately the well-being of human beings is more important than art.
1st film of Sundance and I almost feel too sick, too betrayed, to see anything else.
Look, I get it. MJ was undoubtedly a legend. His music was frequent in my home growing up and my family was in a state of grief when he died in 2009. The black community lost an icon, and 10 years later, the truth about him will be a hard pill to swallow indeed.
But believe me when I say that this is as damning of an account as we'll likely ever get. I believe the victims and so should you.
no matter what you think about michael jackson, whether he was innocent or guilty, it is known that as a grown man he surrounded himself with young children. nothing about that is right or ok.
a statement to all of the days-old accounts made by Michael Jackson stans trying to argue against actual evidence and already established and questionable smoke before i inevitably see this:
please stop. think about what you're doing. you are invalidating the perspectives of possible assault survivors and invalidating the perspectives of other people all because of a couple songs that you like. quit rating this half a star when you clearly haven't watched it. quit attacking everyone that disagrees with you. please listen to the facts and recognize that your favorite was canceled a long time ago and this is likely just the final nail in the coffin. just listen to Prince instead. please just quit with the negativity.
One of the most frustrating things about watching Leaving Neverland is coming on Letterboxd and seeing some truly awful takeaways from the film.
It's the first time I've ever seen a documentary on sexual abuse that painstakingly wants you as a viewer to understand what it means for a child to be seduced by a loved one. That they do not see it as abuse and might even spend their entire lives never viewing it as abuse. Why they would come to their abusers defense time and time again. Why they would struggle to make the connection between what happened to them as a child and the psychological landmine they are presently living as an adult.
Director Dan Reed does…
I have no words. Appalled, disgusted, heartbroken and every word in between. One of my childhood heroes, who was born mere minutes from where I grew up, having the curtain pulled back and revealing how much of a MONSTER this man was is just... Too much.
Watched this while waiting for the next episode of the Woody Allan thing. Gotta get my fix of human misery from somewhere, no?
An exhaustive and exhausting documentary about the Michael Jackson sexual abuse allegations. At four hours long, and of a harrowing subject matter, I cant really say I was entertained, not even in a voyeuristic way, but then again, are documentaries like this obligated to be entertaining? Probably not, and for that reason, I dont think scoring this is appropriate either. That said, I do think that this could have had an hour shaved off without much of the impact being lost.
Sickening and challenging to watch.
If you’re extremely curious or have some fascination with Michael this would maybe give you some posthumous closure of his character if you need it. For me, it feels like I’m listening to someone’s very private therapy session that I have no business taking part in.
I usually praise and admire HBO’s production and quality when it comes to their documentaries, but this one was just not it. I’m not even a fan of MJ but this was awful, biased and literally lacks everything a documentaries needs to document: facts, evidence.
I’m not saying I don’t believe these men who are opening up about their experiences, but the documentary itself failed. Too many inconsistencies and plot holes.
Michael Jackson’s history with kids speaks by itself and does not need context. But for me, this doc is a solid no.
Orospu çocuğu michael jackson aklıma geldikçe anana sövüyorum aminakodumun pedofili piçi.
motherfucker michael jackson, i curse your mom every time i remember this documentaryy, you fucking pedofile bastard.
I’m not taking anything away from Michael’s talent as a superstar. But as a man, as a human being, he’s hurt people. And those people that he’s hurt should have a chance to talk about it, and they should be allowed to be ok.
Documentaries are always tough to rank because there’s always at least two sides to consider; the story & the people connected/interviewed and then how the filmmaker chooses to present the story. And then how do you attempt to compare/contrast/rate such sensitive stories and different stories!
This documentary is not particularly cinematic but it does not need to be. It includes 2 powerful testimonials of men describing their experiences being sexually assaulted by Michael Jackson.
Hearing how convinced…
La primera vez que lo veo entero y la verdad es que no entiendo como puede haber gente que sigue creyendo en la inocencia de Michael
This was a grueling, dark documentary until it was revealed to be complete, utter fabricated crap. I encourage anyone who's watched this to look into the details of the people who've made it.
I saw part one and half of part two in a day but had to wait to watch the last 45 min of part two because it was too painful. I feel awful for those poor victims
lareputa madre puras mamadas dijeron ahí, cosas re incoherentes,,, anyways lo que es con Michael es conmigo 🔪🔪🔪
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