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Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey

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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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Critics Consensus

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 05/15/2014
2/5
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. Go to Full Review
Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle 03/14/2013
2/4
It feels selectively edited toward a predetermined point of view. Go to Full Review
Sara Stewart New York Post 03/08/2013
1.5/4
[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). Go to Full Review
Kip Mooney College Movie Review 09/18/2021
D-
Plays like the last 20 minutes of a Behind the Music episode. Go to Full Review
Adam Lowes CineVue 03/21/2019
3/5
Both amiable and appealing. Just don't expect to see an accurate portrait of life on the road, will you. Go to Full Review
Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner 12/14/2018
3/4
The YouTube era has seen many stars shine, but no story -- not even Justin Bieber's -- is as extraordinary as that of Arnel Pineda. Go to Full Review
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Cameron H @camthemovieman Mar 15 Journey is one of my favorite classic rock bands so I enjoyed this documentary. The film chronicles the rise of singer Arnel Pineda, who went from being an impoverished youth in the Philippines, to becoming the frontman of Journey in 2007. The film is an interesting look at how Pineda was discovered by Journey, which was through a YouTube video of himself singing Journey songs. He was then invited by Journey co-founder and guitarist, Neal Schon, to audition to be the new lead singer for the band! Arnel Pineda is an incredible performer, has amazing energy, and it’s just mind blowing how similar his voice is to Steve Perry. If you’re a fan of Journey or classic rock, you’ve gotta check out this documentary! See more 03/20/2020 A proper feel good story with great music See more 10/21/2017 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. See more 10/04/2017 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. See more 07/14/2017 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. See more Bill T @Spuzz 01/02/2017 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. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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