The Jackson estate has called the film "yet another lurid production in an outrageous and pathetic attempt to exploit and cash in on Michael Jackson", who died in 2009. 'Leaving Neverland' Review: This Gut-Wrenching Documentary Will Completely Change The Way You Think Of Michael Jackson By Chris Evangelista / Feb.
The four-hour, two-part film, to be broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 on Wednesday night, was always expected to be controversial, exploring the claims of extensive abuse from Safechuck, a former musician, now a computer programmer, and 37 year old choreographer, Wade Robson, both of whom previously testified in court in Jackson’s defence. The gruesome allegations are just two in a barrage of revelations made in British director Dan Reed’s hotly anticipated documentary, Leaving Neverland, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. 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. In Wesley Morris review he talks about suspending disbelief while. DuLac 14 One of the most frustrating things about watching Leaving Neverland is coming on Letterboxd and seeing some truly awful takeaways from the film. Hands trembling, he then places the ring back in a box with several others the late singer would often buy him jewellery, he alleges, as a reward for performing sexual acts upon him. Wade stated in his depo in 2016 some things, and in Leaving Neverland he stated. The tiny ring, he says, was given to him by Michael Jackson, as part of their secret mock wedding ceremony, in which they made vows to one another when Jackson was 30 years old, and Safechuck just 10. The image is simple, stark and deeply sinister: James Safechuck, 41, places a small gold band, inlaid with diamonds, over the top of his ring finger it won’t even fit past his first joint.