Search - Mandy Moore - The Real Story on DVD

A must for Moore fans...

innominate | 02/21/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Mandy has always shown herself to have a sweet, fun personality, and she shines on her video biography. The music is what she concentrates on, of course, and it has all four of her music videos on it in their entirety: Candy, Walk Me Home, I Wanna Be With You, and So Real (in order of their appearance.) The last music video was previously unreleased in the US, and it has fantastical, magic garden sort of feel to it. There is a lot of background information on the making of the music videos, and her biography also contains concert footage, such as in when she was touring with 'N Sync or the BSB, as well as appearances when she was the featured attraction.There is not as much background information on her actual life as I would like; the closest this comes is the home video footage of her singing the national anthem at a basketball game (she is young, but they don't mention her age.) It then skips ahead to the beginning of her singing career. There are scenes ranging from her first live performance at a pediatric AIDS benefit, to the recording of her first album, to her MTV appearances on shows like TRL and Say What Karaoke. A few of her interviews might throw you off chronologically, as they'll make references to the first album "to be released in a few months." *grin* Others were recorded specifically for the video, and those are neat snippets of her personality.If you like Mandy and her music, this is a good place to get all her videos and bonus footage in one place. There are a few places it seems to lag, but they did well to space the music scenes so that the music livens up the slower spots. Mandy's story is aptly named-it's the real Mandy, and you've just gotta love her. :o)"