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Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
The documentary tells a story of Filipino Arnel Pineda who is well-known by dint of YouTube. They must face many difficulties to become one of the iconic American rock band.
24 November 1978, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
30 January 1959, Brooklyn, New York, USA
26 January 1958, Metairie, Louisiana, USA
26 February 1950, Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 25, 2013
All mic-ed up, but also all mixed up, this indulgently apportioned doc is a glad-handing fan project all the way.
March 07, 2013
Diaz insists on selling Pineda's promo-friendly myth at the expense of the richer, more complicated story of a dreamer who learns to become the durable professional his bandmates expect.
March 07, 2013
Ms. Diaz settles for a flabby, repetitive showcase for the songs and an attaboy for their newest singer.
September 23, 2013
Once this new Journey has become a success, "Don't Stop Believin'" doesn't have a whole lot more to say on the subject.
September 30, 2013
Rather than a faux psychological analysis, the film offers instead a general commentary on how class, race, and nationality-as well as gender, even more generally-shape Arnel's experience.
May 15, 2014
Pineda's humility is a rare rockumentary commodity, but the film around him is riven with underarticulated tensions: any suspicion that the management might have employed third-world labour to enable the show to go on is simply shrugged off.
March 08, 2013
[Plods] from one performance to the next with unnecessary asides for veteran Journey members to talk about their own lives (trivia of interest to megafans and no one else).
September 30, 2013
By the time the band arrives in Manila for Pineda's emotional homecoming, every note feels as if it's been earned.
March 08, 2013
As infectious as Pineda's enthusiasm is, "Don't Stop Believin' " too often relies on his inherent appeal as a film subject, rarely probing more deeply than the narrative he and his bandmates provide.
March 07, 2013
Pineda's ebullience is infectious, and "Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey" is a pleasant story of dreams coming true.
March 14, 2013
It feels selectively edited toward a predetermined point of view.
June 01, 2014
A glorified home movie, complete with self-congratulary smugness from the band's original members.