REVIEW | ‘Michael’

Musical biopics have become an easy target of criticism these days, and it’s even easier to be entirely cynical about them. Sometimes, a movie about a musician dares to break the mold and escape the tried-and-true formula to create an unique experience (2024’s “A Better Man” wasn’t a good movie, but certainly tried to do something different). More often, they play it safe and let the music sell the tickets. Director Antoine Fuqua’s embattled “Michael,&r