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Positive:
4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
The GuardianJan 31, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The documentary’s real coup is the archive material Jackson and director Ben Hirsch pull from a decade’s worth of home videos shot by her ex-husband, music video director René Elizondo Jr. ... Jackson is ultimately in charge of the documentary’s candour, but she frequently uses her friends, family and colleagues to speak for her.
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The TelegraphJan 31, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Janet’s talent and career are certainly deserving of close examination and celebration, but they prove almost impossible to disentangle from the fact that while she was one of the biggest stars of her pop era, her sibling was arguably the biggest and most controversial star in pop history.
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Jan 28, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Janet Jackson gave a documentary crew access for five years, but with Jackson and brother Randy Jackson serving as executive producers the resulting project, "Janet Jackson," feels too conspicuously like a licensed product. Addressing some uncomfortable parts of her biography but sidestepping others, it's pretty obvious who's in control here.
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Jan 28, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Jackson’s iron grip on “Janet Jackson” has produced an initial two chapters that are feather-light on revelations. That first half is an authorized autobiography in the worst way: empty, glossy, bloated and wholly indifferent to what other people might find interesting about its subject.
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