N Sync - The Reel N Sync
'N Sync fans should know that this DVD of footage of the pop superstars shot by group member Joey Fatone during their pre-stardom days in 1996-97 features no songs or audible live performances, so its "must-have" status is entirely relative to one's need to own all things 'N Sync. The hour's worth of camcorder footage features a baby-faced Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Lance Bass en route to or from shows in Europe and Asia or horsing around in hotel rooms; since Fatone is usually operating the camera, he gets the least amount of onscreen time. One gets an idea of the sheer hectic quality of their lives from the group's alternately manic or exhausted appearance; shots of their buses being swarmed by hysterical fans should prove alarming to parents. But the boys also seem happy, and their antics are occasionally amusing, which should please fans. The full-frame DVD offers no supplemental features.--Paul Gaita