Synopsis
Tells the story of Justin Bieber, the kid from Canada with the hair, the smile and the voice: It chronicles his unprecedented rise to fame, all the way from busking in the streets of Stratford, Canada to putting videos on YouTube to selling out Madison Square Garden in New York as the headline act during the My World Tour from 2010. It features Usher, Scooter Braun, Ludacris, Sean Kingston, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Boyz II Men, Miley Cyrus, Jaden Smith, Justin's family members and parts of his crew and huge fanbase in a mix of interviews and guest performances. It was released in 3D in theaters all around the world and is the highest grossing concert movie of all time, beating the previous record held by Michael Jackson's This Is It from 2009.
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Cast
- Justin BieberSelf
- Nathan MorrisSelf
- Wanya MorrisSelf
- Shawn StockmanSelf
- Miley CyrusSelf
- LudacrisSelf
- Jaden SmithSelf
- UsherSelf
- Diane DaleSelf
- Bruce DaleSelf
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
If this is what it sounds like when a new millennium goes pop, I'll take it. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
It generally succeeds, too, thanks to a visually energetic approach by director Jon Chu that keeps all the obligatory backstage/onstage bits moving fluidly. - 70
Variety
As much a legitimate documentary as it is a 3D concert film and teen girl squeal-delivery device, the film possesses surprising moments of candor on the toil of teenage superstardom. - 63
Boston Globe
The movie usefully, carefully, and cogently argues that Bieber is more than his hair. He is his hoodies. He is his pop-hooks. He is his many handlers. - 60
Time Out
Chu does his best to humanize his subject, showing him surrounded by devoted friends and family, and wringing much drama from an on-the-road vocal-cord strain. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
The film is a really entertaining look at the Bieber phenomenon; the music in Never Say Never is great and Bieber proves himself to be the real thing as a musician and performer. - 50
Orlando Sentinel
3D or not, the film about the mop-topped Canadian - who turns 17 March 1 - doesn't let us get very close to "the talent." - 50
Los Angeles Times
Strictly as a piece of filmmaking, Never Say Never is a bit of a mess.
