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Leaving Neverland

★ 7.0 33K votes 2019–2019 1 seasons · 2 episodes Ended HBO
DisturbingContent that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.This show: 10/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 10/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 9/10DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 9/10BleakGrim and heavy, with little easy relief. These shows sit with suffering instead of softening it.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10True crimeReal cases, told as documentary or drama.This show: 7/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 7/10
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About

"Testimony delivered slowly, unflinchingly, and at length"

This two-part documentary lets two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, recount in exhaustive detail the relationships they had with Michael Jackson as children and how those relationships allegedly turned abusive. There are no reenactments or outside experts, just long, unbroken interviews with the men and their families, intercut with home video and photographs. The pace is deliberate and the tone is somber and clinical rather than sensational, letting the accounts accumulate weight on their own. It is a heavy, uncomfortable watch that asks you to sit with testimony rather than be entertained by it.

Watch it for

the unbroken, detailed testimony that lets two accusers tell their own stories in full.

Maybe skip if

you find extended, graphic accounts of child abuse difficult to sit through.

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All Seasons

TV Mini Series2019
5.271923h 53m
Two men tell their story of childhood sexual abuse in this two-part documentary detailing allegations against Michael Jackson.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Leaving Neverland: Part 15.2
353116 min
2Leaving Neverland: Part 25.2
366117 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Wade Robson Self
Joy Robson Self - Mother of Wade Robson
Shane Robson Self - Brother of Wade
Jimmy Safechuck Self
Stephanie Safechuck Self - Mother of James Safechuck
Chantal Robson Self - Sister of Wade
Amanda Rodriguez Self - Sister of Wade
Laura Primak Self - Wife of Jimmy Safechuck

Crew

Michael Jackson Self
Macaulay Culkin Self

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