Celine Dion – All The Way… A Decade Of Song – Live Celine Dion 2001 DVD

Directed by Jeb Brien, Bille Woodruff, Bud Schaetzle. Starring Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, Gloria Estefan.
All the Way–A Decade of Song and Video is really only the story so far. All the greatest hits are here, including “The Power of Love”, “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” and of course, “My Heart Will Go On”. The videos give us an insight into Celine’s evolution as a star, from fresh-faced ingnue with a tangled mane of locks to air-brushed, soigne sophisticate. Some are taken from live performances, which are polished and proof that her vocal assets aren’t merely the product of the studio-mixing desk. But when she strays beyond the power ballads with her own version of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and a duet with Sinatra’s voice (“All the Way”) her limitations become clear. Dion doesn’t do subtle. Not that her legion of fans will care one bit.
On the DVD: Some of the videos might be a touch torrid but the Parental Guidance rating is puzzling. Picture quality is as sharp as the MTV generation has come to expect and the Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound lets you lose yourself in the might of Celine’s vocal chords. There are 17 songs, plus a bonus: a stereo mix lengthy version of “It’s All Coming Back to me Now”. Special features include a biography, discography and photo gallery but probably add little to the dedicated fan’s existing knowledge. One huge irritation: the DVD cover gives no credit to the songwriters or the year in which the songs were released.–Piers Ford