Review: JUSTIN BIEBER - NEVER SAY NEVER - Drama-less Exploitation, Bieber-Machine Fuel
rating: 2
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Hes the second most followed person on the planet via Twitter (topped only by Lady Gaga); a 16 year old who has followed in the steps of Miley Cyrus and The Jonas Brothers, taking the world by storm with his poppy songs and unmistakable fringe. So it stands to reason why Justin Bieber should have his own movie. And in 3D! However, unlike the previous two, he has not come off the Disney conveyor belt; he is a Youtube sensation from a humble background, and this is what the film is really about according to the producers. Of course it is. Never Say Never charts Biebers journey to fame, with interviews from family and friends, managers, fellow performers and adoring masses of teenage girls who express an undying, borderline scary devotion to 'The Bieb'. These are interspersed with archive footage of his upbringing and early days of performing and 3D filmed footage from his massive tour of America in 2009, which culminated with a performance at Madison Square Garden. From a modest upbringing in tiny Stratford, Canada, raised by his single teenage mother and her doting parents, Justins musical talent was apparent from a very young age; whether banging on a friends drum set or strumming on a guitar he had it. After finishing runner up at a local talent show, where he performed everything from rap to rock to pop, he posted a video of himself on Youtube which was spotted by an independent record producer who promptly got Justin over the border and into the USA and onto the airways of every Radio Station and any stage that would take a teenage pop prodigy. In essence this is the story of how Justin Bieber became The Biebernator! The Major failing of Never Say Never is the lack of any real drama. While Bieber comes from a small town in Canada and is the son of a single, teenage mother, his upbringing was normal; he was blessed with two wonderful grandparents who took him and his mother in and raised them in a loving home. Even his meteoric rise to fame is made look simpler than falling asleep after watching five minutes of a Doctor Who episode. Turned down by every studio, forced to go and play on every radio show and still the success didnt come. But then, finally, after years and years of struggle, Justin Bieber gains world wide acclaim at the age of fifteen. He never even gets the chance to say never. Never!