YMMV / Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story

• Narm: The scene at the 30th Anniversary Concert where Jackson goes backstage and asks his bodyguard for the time. He checks his watch and says (quoted) "five minutes after midnight, September 11th, 2001." Smash Cut to Michael and his kids watching the Twin Towers falling on TV.
• Questionable Casting: Casting Flex Alexander, a comedian and dancer who was known for doing impressions of Jackson on Def Comedy Jam and One on One, as Michael Jackson has to be one of the most baffling casting choices for any movie, regardless of budget. For starters, Flex not only looks nothing like Jackson, he's a good six inches taller than the real deal (6'4" compared to Jackson's 5'10"). Another is that Flex's (terrible) impression of Jackson makes up the bulk of his characterization of Jackson, and quickly wears out its welcome. Also, his dancing leaves much to be desired, and the makeup used to lighten his skin in Jackson's later years made him look foolish.
• Special Effect Failure: The white makeup didn't do Flex Alexander any favors trying to portray MJ from the 90s onward. And it somehow could've been worse: Alexander is on record stating that VH1 was going to make him wear nose prosthetics for those 90s-era scenes, but they were so bad, he flat-out refused to even touch them.
• Took the Bad Film Seriously: Flex Alexander and Eugene Clark tried their damnedest to do this film justice.
• WTH, Costuming Department?: The makeup used to make Flex Alexander look white makes him look less like a skin bleached Michael Jackson and more like a gray skinned African vampire. Take a look for yourself.◊

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