Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey

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Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey

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Released Mar 8, 2013

1h 45m

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Filipino musician Arnel Pineda gets the opportunity of a lifetime when Journey guitarist Neal Schon sees him perform on YouTube, leading to a job offer as the band's new lead singer.

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An energetic but thin portrait of the venerable rock band Journey, Don't Stop Believin' gets a boost from new singer Arnel Pineda's charming personality.

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Mike McCahill

Guardian

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.

Rated: 2/5

May 15, 2014

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

It feels selectively edited toward a predetermined point of view.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 14, 2013

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Sara Stewart

New York Post

[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).

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 8, 2013

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

Plays like the last 20 minutes of a Behind the Music episode.

Rated: D-

Sep 18, 2021

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Adam Lowes

CineVue

Both amiable and appealing. Just don't expect to see an accurate portrait of life on the road, will you.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 21, 2019

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Kelly Jane Torrance

Washington Examiner

The YouTube era has seen many stars shine, but no story -- not even Justin Bieber's -- is as extraordinary as that of Arnel Pineda.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 14, 2018

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A proper feel good story with great music

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/20/20

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Not many bands get a second chance and new lease on life, but this music documentary tells the story of the legendary rock band Journey and how they successfully replaced a much loved singer with an unknown International frontman and experienced a rare rock and roll rebirth.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Cool doc for Journey fans - but that might be about it. The rags to riches story is great but only goes so far and wears thin midway through.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Amazing modern day Horatio Alger story about Arnel Pineda, a Philippinno man who was pulled from obscurity to become the new lead signer for the band Journey. Besides simply getting to see lots of great concert footage of a great band, along with a well told backstory of the band, the star of this film is Pineda and his story. Pineda grew up as a homeless youth in the Philippines singing in a band with his friends to make ends meet, among other things. As an adult, he was still no longer homeless, but still living a very impoverished life, when Neal Schon of Journey happened upon a YouTube video of Pineda and his band performing covers of Journey songs and was blown away. Pineda is a true talent and this film presents the amazing story of his dreams coming true, as much to his delight the band, and to millions of fans across the globe.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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bill t

This was just ok. I was actually looking forward to this one, but for some odd reason, I just couldnt connect to any of the people here. Even with Arnel's homecoming, it just felt blah. Better editing, more showcasing the songs would have helped.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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A really good insight into fame

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Ramona S. Diaz

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Synopsis

Filipino musician Arnel Pineda gets the opportunity of a lifetime when Journey guitarist Neal Schon sees him perform on YouTube, leading to a job offer as the band's new lead singer.

Director: Ramona S. Diaz
Producer: Ramona S. Diaz, Capella Fahoome
Screenwriter: Ramona S. Diaz
Distributor: Cinedigm
Production Co: Arcady Bay Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 8, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 14, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $59.6K
Runtime: 1h 45m

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