Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

bcjjjs This movie was an enjoyable watch; missed it the first time but caught it on Netflix recently. The resemblance of the actors to the real Monkees is amazing, particularly Davy (George Stanchev, although much taller than the real Davy) and Peter (L.B. Fisher). Although Mike Nesmith (Jeff Geddis) and Micky Dolenz (Aaron Lohr) were not exact lookalikes,they gave stunning portrayals. For example, Geddis' mannerisms and Texan accent were spot on. And Lohr's portrayal of Dolenz' over-the-top on-stage performances and his crazy facial expressions, mimicry, etc. brought back fond memories. All of the actors took great care in portraying each of The Monkees' individual personalities. Even their voices were soundalikes (although British viewers say that Stanchev's accent was not an authentic Manchester accent). Although the television show was depicted accurately, the writing for the entire movie was very poor; something was missing. SPOILER: For example, the Beatles threw a party for the Monkees when they were touring in London. This entire scene (which should have been exciting) was boring. All in all, this was a fond tribute to The Monkees but it could have been exceptional.

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- Daydream Belivers: The Monkees, 2000. Four struggling actors/musicians in Hollywood get the break they wanted and become a fan generation's center of attention through a comedy TV show, several records, excellent management, and their music in the 60's.*Special Stars- George Stanchev, L.B. Fisher, Jeff Geddis, Aaron Lohr.*Theme- Knowing and being true to yourself is often difficult.*Trivia/location/goofs- TV narrative movie (not a documentary), Filmed in Toronto, Canada. A tribute film. The hair styles and costumes of the lead actors are not correct or consistent in this film. The beach scenes are ironically not shot in California, but Canada.*Emotion- An uncanny look-alike portrayal of The Monkees band members through their rise to fame and fall. This film is mediocre at best due to it's unsurprising script plot elements.

Avram Jarek Fawcett Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Jack Nicholson, what do they have in common? They all knew the Monkees! The characters look well enough like the Monkees, the story does them good justice, the music is good. There are historical flaws, though the wall punching scene did happen, I believe it was really different in real life. In any event, a pretty good film!

Ivanhoe As a movie, <i>Daydream Believers</i> seemed rather hastily put together, especially in terms of the script.  This is, perhaps, not the most informative or accurate bit you'll ever see about the Monkees.  However, the movie succeeds in telling a good story and championing the Monkees for their talent as entertainers <i>and</i> as musicians, as well as explaining with clarity some of the things about the Monkees that are commonly misunderstood.  It receives bonus points for very good casting, and for prominently featuring “All of Your Toys,” one of the Monkees’ great “lost” songs (and among the first the Monkees recorded together as a real band).Where the movie is good, the DVD is great—not for any spectacular audio/video presentation, but in the extras.  Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork each have their own commentary tracks, on which they discuss various points on Monkee history from their own points-of-view.  These are very revealing and informative, and bless the movie for providing the platform for the Monkees to comment on the types of things that never come up in interviews.  But if you want interviews, the DVD also delivers rather lengthy ones by the three participating Monkees.  New Concorde should be commended for getting Monkee participation on this disc.  It transformed a somewhat inconsequential (albeit entertaining) movie into something really worthwhile.