Backstreet Boys return with a big screen documentary


The Backstreet Boys are celebrating 21 years of coordinated outfits and questionable lyrics ("sadness is beautiful, loneliness is tragical"?!), and in honor of this milestone, they're releasing a documentary.
Show 'Em What You're Made Of was filmed over two years, and will follow Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, A.J. McLean, Kevin Richardson, and Howie Dorough as they share what their lives are like today. In a press release, the movie is described as showcasing "new and old tensions that need confronting and resolving."
Speaking for the rest of the boys now men, Littrell added: "From 1992 to 2002 we were the biggest band in the world. No one thought it was going to be as big as it was. Then it just stopped. And what do you do when you're a full grown man in a boy band?" Good question, Brian. Find out when Show 'Em What You're Made Of hits theaters Jan. 30, 2015.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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