JUSTIN BIEBER’S BELIEVE
A likeable concert film best watched at home with discernment.
Should You Watch It?
JUSTIN BIEBER’S BELIEVE is entertaining and offers a useful look at how a concert tour is created and how a song comes into being. It also presents Justin’s growth as a person and artist, his charitable contributions, his desire to remain humble, and the professionals around him who appear to have his best interests at heart.
But the film’s central message—believe in yourself and rise above those who want you to fail—never becomes fully grounded in the struggles it mentions. Positive Christian references are mixed with false religious notions, including the idea that any religion is fine and that self-belief answers hard times. Romantic love songs, brief foul language, and suggestive imagery add further concerns.
If you want to see it, watch at home with older children and discuss its messages about faith, identity, and success.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESJustin Bieber’s second concert movie follows the 19-year-old pop star as he prepares for and performs his BELIEVE world tour. Along the way, the film explores how he writes songs, shapes the creative direction of his concerts, works with his team, and continues moving from his teen-pop beginnings into a more grown-up artistic world.
Is It Any Good?
Three stars means this is a likeable and entertaining concert documentary with good production values, though it does not reach the intimacy of Justin Bieber’s first concert movie.
The behind-the-scenes material about the tour is interesting, especially the creative process involved in bringing a song and concert to life. However, the film contains a surprising amount of home video, lacks details about the challenges Justin says he faces, and can feel self-indulgent and slightly boring.
The Worldview
The film includes positive Christian references, including Christian prayer and Justin Bieber attending Sunday School as a child. It also mentions belief in a higher power. However, it never mentions Jesus or God, and these references are mixed with false religious notions, including the idea that any religion is acceptable.
The strongest message is a New Age-style belief in yourself as the answer to hard times and opposition. Justin also draws strength from his fans’ belief in him, and the movie presents him as an angelic figure raised up by that belief. The documentary values humility, charitable giving, hope, connectedness, and the love between people, but many of its songs focus on romantic love rather than godly love.
The film’s central longing is to find strength, acceptance, and purpose amid pressure and judgment. Scripture points beyond self-belief: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Mixed pagan worldview with several overt Christian references to Christian prayer and Justin Bieber attending Sunday School as a child and “belief in a higher power” is mentioned, but no mention of Jesus or God, combined with some false religious attitudes such as it’s said that any religion is fine and a New Age element of believing in yourself as the answer to hard times and people wanting you to fail, plus there’s imagery of Justin as an angel, raised up by the belief of his fans, and there are many romantic songs about emotional love between couples and lots of camera shots of screaming fans (mostly teenage girls); about 13 or 14 obscenities and profanities, including about 11 light “Oh my God” type profanities, plus a confrontation with some British photographers has some bleeped “f” words; some light comic violence such as horseplay and pranks; brief sexual connotation at one point when Justin has his shirt off and some suggestive dancing, plus Justin gives and receives kisses on the cheek from a young fan who’s terminally ill; upper male nudity, girls in bikinis, dancers in tight and skimpy dance attire, and singer Nicki Minaj appears in a skimpy costume; no alcohol; no smoking or drugs; and, a male fan refers to Justin as his ‘idol’ and has tattooed Justin’s face on his leg, a young fan who’s sick calls herself Mrs. Bieber and goes through a mock wedding, nothing about the two or three lewd escapades involving Justin Bieber that have been in the news recently but Justin’s mother talks about his chiseled jaw and how much he’s grown up.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
The film emphasizes believing in yourself. What is the difference between healthy perseverance and trusting yourself instead of God?
Proverbs 3:5–6 · Jeremiah 17:7Justin speaks about staying humble and giving back. How can success become an opportunity to serve rather than a reason for pride?
Philippians 2:3–4 · Mark 10:43–45The movie presents fans as a source of strength and connectedness. How can friends encourage us without becoming the foundation of our identity?
Galatians 6:2 · Psalm 62:5–8The film includes Christian references but does not mention Jesus or God. Why does it matter who or what a person trusts?
John 14:6 · Acts 17:22–31The Final Word
JUSTIN BIEBER’S BELIEVE is an entertaining, likeable look at music, touring, humility, and growing up. Its messages about faith and self-belief are mixed, and the content calls for family discernment. Watch it at home with older children and adults: WAIT FOR HOME — OLDER CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
