Sons of Provo (2004)
5/10
An LDS boy band
22 March 2012
Sons Of Provo is the story of three Mormon teens forming a boy band. Brothers Will Swenson and Danny Tarasevich are the brothers Jensen and if there had been a third brother there would be no film. But these two musically talented and attractive lads decide on a talent search for a third for a boy band and the search ends when they find Kirby Heyborne.

Just like the problems I'm sure that N'Sync, 98 Degrees, and going back to New Kids On The Block and beyond have, the kids don't always get along. Swenson has a nice bossy tendency to him that the others find hard to take. And it doesn't make a difference that two of them share DNA.

By the way the guys all agree that it was the Osmonds who were the first boy band and Alan Osmond's appearance in the film certainly gives it the Osmond family imprimatur.

I've seen several Mormon based films of late and reviewed them so I'm getting somewhat acquainted with the lifestyle. It's fascinating to me that the church has created its own insular world even extending to the entertainment industry. And how the message of the church permeates all. Still it's unlikely these kids if they were real would ever generate the kind of publicity that a Lindsay Lohan might.

Done in the Mockumentary style of Spinal Tap, the film is a pleasant one and quite enjoyable even for a gentile like myself.
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