The ultimate derivative work

Rating: Null/10 (2 December 2007)

A hodgepodge of cultural references, a plethora of cameos, and innumerable implicit references to other movies combine to prove once again that, for any given pop group, a documentary would be better than a padded script, and a straight concert film would be better than a documentary. Take every category under which any film was ever filed, and there's a bit of it thrown in here.
This could have been a decent concert film if it hadn't been constantly interrupted by so-called plot...and if there were actually more songs. Granted, there are a few inventive situations scattered throughout for off-stage interplay, but the whole thing could have been much better if all the men and their subplots just disappeared and the girls were just allowed to sing and play.
Previously unavailable on DVD except in pan and scan mode (at least every place I've ever shopped), this film has finally been re-released on DVD in its original wide screen format on the eve of a tenth year reunion tour. What the DVD needs, but lacks, is a play mode which just strings together all the musical scenes, cutting out the talky distractions.