Believe

I have had the opportunity to view this movie on two separate occasions and it was even more funny the second time around.

The world of Multi Level Marketing is a strange one and this film succeeded in making it an entertaining one also. The cast was excellent particularly Steve Anderson and Brian Clark.

The film was presented in such a way that anyone who has had any exposure to Multi Level Marketing can appreciate it. Those who have no experience with and MLM may well learn something. Those who have been deep into MLM will see familiar people and experiences.

I highly recommend this film for it's sheer entertainment value.

Take the opportunity to see this and you too will come to Believe.

I found myself laughing out loud much more than in viewing any other movie in a long time. There are lots of very clever, unique and hilarious scenes, dialog and acting woven throughout the story. Also, a great mix of street interviews of actual people in documentary fashion integrated with the plot of the movie.

If you liked other "mocumentaries" like Best of Show, Waiting for Guffman, Spinal Tap, etc., then you will love this movie.

The quality of the movie production was great, from the acting, the creative, the musical score, etc.

Highly recommended!!!

This is a funny little flick, made in mockumentary style ( alla Spinal Tap and Best of Show. If you have ever been into, or approached by people from Amway or any other MLM, you need to see this movie. It will crack you up, ( or make you mad... This move could be about you :)

This movie is based on a a company called "Believe Industries" and follows some of its MLM'ers as they try to recruit their neighbors. As a local steel mill lays off workers, the MLM'ers pounce on them to show them how they can, "Become independently wealthy in 5 years".

It has some funny stuff about an "ex-Believer" who has an anti-MLM website.It also shows some street interviews about what people think of MLM's, which I think are real people, (not actors).

Funny show, check it out.

Yes, it was high time someone did a movie skewering MLMs. This movie does it, though not as artfully or poignantly as we would have hoped. Mulholland touches upon all the aspects of MLM life and techniques. But in general, it feels like an amateurish production in all of its aspects. Acting, directing, cinematography, editing, they all feel amateur. Though Hoppe was certainly the right man for his role, he tried a little too hard to come across as a heel. Indeed, all the characters feel like exaggerations of the people you'll find in MLMs. But only slight exaggerations. These characters aren't rare loony flukes who stumbled into an MLM. They really are typical of the people you'll find in the field, though as I said, slightly exaggerated. And the exaggeration makes it not work as a mocumentary.

There's another huge problem with the movie's form. Real life MLMers would never allow an outside camera crew to film their exploits. There are far too many secrets given away here. That and the exaggerations make this an ineffective mocumentary. Too many intimate moments are filmed as if the camera crew wasn't there. That destroys its documentary feel. A skillful mocumentary would have fantastic comedic timing to make a point of the topic's absurdity (a la "Spinal Tap"). This movie's timing is way off, due to its amateur production. Though I must compliment the women who played the MLMers' wives, as they displayed their subconscious resistance to what their husbands were doing. Well done there.

As sheer comedic entertainment, this movie won't elicit any interest. I can understand why no major distribution company picked it up. But it might be acceptable to show a friend or relative who has approached you with an MLM opportunity, or if you'd like to know about MLMs yourself. Believe me, these things really do happen in MLMs, and people like this really are in the field, though they're not quite so ridiculous. This ultimately humorless movie serves as little more than a cautionary tale. It's very hard to make a hilarious comedy about a subject that has cost so many millions of people so much money and heartache.

I loved this movie! I saw it Summer 2005 at the Gloria Film Festival where it won the audience favorite award. I would love to see it again but it looks like they don't have a distributor yet. Please release this movie in theaters!!!!!!! I would pay to see it again and I'd get my friends to go and they'd get their friends to go and their friends.... Not to mention DVD sales. It's a keeper, if only I could get it.

The real-life testimonials in the movie were awesome. The storyline is funny. The actors do a great job.

See it if you get the chance. It's worth it.