The 90s boy band have brought out a documentary telling the story of the newly reformed Take That. Global mega star ‘Robbie Williams’ rejoins his former band mates for the first time in over 15 years to record Take That’s sixth studio album ‘Progress’. ‘Look Back,…

The documentary charting the reunion of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams goes behind the scenes with unrestricted and highly privileged access to the recording studio following the band for 12 months. The film shows how the reunion happened and follows the band as they record an album ‘Progress’.

When they initially entered the public eye, in 1990s Britain, the dance pop-Euro pop boy band Take That (Jason Orange, Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Harold Donald) made headlines as the first major "teen" group to sweep up Britain's youth culture since the British Invasion of the 1960s. Innumerable top ten hits like Relight My Fire, Babe, Back for Good, (and record-selling LPs) ensued, though by early 1996, the individual performers grew dissatisfied with one another and disbanded in February 1996.

Fast forward to fourteen years later, the group reunited - to an overwhelming amount of public attention and as they said, Back For Good. Shot in 2010, this "fly-on-the-wall" documentary observes the Take That reunion, from the events that led up to its inception, through the rehearsals for a new, historic tour. Unabashedly candid and intimate, the film lingers on the fears, doubts, hopes and joys of the individuals as they prepare to go on the road again, and re-ignite friendships left dormant for a decade and a half.

The video shows the new creative vein in the boys, overcoming the trauma of a separation at the height of success, while still young. Take That allowed themselves to be filmed in the studio, in New York, in London and Los Angeles, at home, in the most intimate moments, remembering the great success of the 1990s, the individual paths, and the reasons that led them to return all together.

It’s a story of a friendship coming together, recording a new album, the progress of it and most importantly, it’s about life, imperfect relationships, trust, and the righting of wrongs.

Don’t miss the booklet with black and white images of the band in various moods.

Directed by: Nick Davies, Fred Scott

Produced By: Thomas Benski, Dan Bowen

Music : Rock/Pop.

Published Universal Music, 2010

Duration 99 minutes

Rating: ****

Reviewed by Verus Ferreira