Washington, May 4 -- Filmmaker Spike Lee has come out in strong support of the 'Michael' biopic, addressing criticism over its decision not to include allegations of child sexual abuse against Michael Jackson.

As per Variety, Lee, in a recent interview with CNN, said the criticism fails to consider the film's narrative timeline.

The director, who revealed he watched the film "twice" and "loved it," pointed out that the movie concludes in 1988, years before the first allegation surfaced in 1993.

"First of all, if you're a movie critic, and you're complaining about the stuff, all this other stuff, but the movie ends at '88," Lee said, adding, "The stuff you're talking about, accusations, happen [later]. So you're critiquing the film on s...