Believer

2018

1 hr. 41 min.

Documentary

Music

LGBTQ+

List

64%

11 Reviews

Tomatometer

83%

50+ Ratings

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Imagine Dragons' front man Dan Reynolds explores how the Mormon church treats its LGBTQ members. With the rising suicide rate amongst teens in the state of Utah, his concern with the church's policies sends him on an path for change.

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Audience Member

Dan Reynolds is such an inspiration - it has such great insight into how much more involved we can all be! Take the time to watch this, it is well worth it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

This is a harmful movie. People like Reynolds are the reason the Suicide rate grows in Utah. Almost everyone has a family member or a friend as part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Reynolds, who tries to find the problem everywhere but within himself, pits the families of LGBT people against them by telling them their families hate them because of religious teachings. This is remarkable in its blatant anti-gay and anti-Christian bigotry.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

?A music documentary with a purpose. I never realised how active Dan was in LGBTQ rights, and this really struck a chord because LGBTQ is probably the first social justice issue I got really passionate about. Really interesting examination of Mormonism, and I laud Dan's understanding, community-oriented approach. Really restores faith in humanity. Definitely one to show to people who think Imagine Dragons is just selling out to pop drivel (spoiler: Dan talks about 'Thunder'!). Also, look out for the Love Loud Fest because he's making that an annual thing!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Awful. An egotistical ode to a musician’s self-congratulatory right doing. Talk about taking a stand that would have been relevant twenty years ago, costs you nothing and makes no impact. Sit down.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/19/18

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Audience Member

THANK YOU WONDERFUL JOIBLOVELOUD

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Excelent documentary with the purpose of changing the opinion of the latter days saints church (mormons) about the lgbt lifestyle. The documentary also aims to publicize the high suicide rate among the LGBT youth community in Utah and the ways in which Dan and Tyler, along with other organizations and foundations, are fighting the battle against lgbt youth suicide.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/15/18

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Don Argott

Director

Dan Reynolds

Self

Aja Volkman

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Ben McKee

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Daniel Platzman

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Wayne Sermon

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Hank Stuever

Washington Post

"Believer"... [is] ultimately about a straight, white, married father of three who wants to have it all ways - to be seen by his worldwide fans as an enlightened and empathetic rock star while remaining faithful to his church.

Jun 25, 2018

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Daniel D'Addario

Variety

Reynolds seems to push Believer towards sharing the spotlight by bringing in other voices; in so doing, he shows viewers exactly what the role of a good ally is.

Jun 25, 2018

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Brian Lowry

CNN.com

Believer and its headliner hit all the right notes, in a film that delivers another kind of thunder.

Jun 22, 2018

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

This isn't a great documentary, but Reynolds deserves applause and respect for getting his message of tolerance to Mormon youth.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 22, 2018

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Alistair Ryder

Gay Essential

It's well-intentioned and occasionally moving, but hard to talk about without confronting its flaws.

Oct 8, 2018

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Kahron Spearman

The Daily Dot

HBO's genuinely moving Believer puts an attractive bow tie on the observance of Pride month, laying bare the ostracization of (and embarrassingly slow progress for) the Mormon Church's queer community.

Jul 2, 2018

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Synopsis

Imagine Dragons' front man Dan Reynolds explores how the Mormon church treats its LGBTQ members. With the rising suicide rate amongst teens in the state of Utah, his concern with the church's policies sends him on an path for change.

Director: Don Argott
Executive Producer: Don Argott, Jeff Ciabattari, Adam Milano, Willie Mercer, Michael Rapino, Dan Reynolds, Robert Reynolds
Production Co: Live Nation Productions, 9.14 Pictures
Genre: Documentary, Music, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 26, 2018

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