IN AN exceedingly poor week for new releases, S Club Seeing Double emerges the best of a rum lot.

But only if you happen to be one of the band's adoring teenage fans, who have snapped up tickets for S Club's forthcoming tour (timely nicely to coincide with the release of the film).

The remaining six members of the all singing, all dancing pop moppets attempt to follow in the footsteps of The Monkees and Spice Girls with this light-hearted musical adventure.

Tina, Jon, Bradley, Jo, Hannah and Rachel are exhausted by their endless schedule of personal appearances, signings, recordings and rehearsals, masterminded by their demanding tour manager Alistair (Joseph Adams).

The friends find themselves replaced by surprisingly convincing look-alikes, and are glad of the rest, taking some much needed time out in Barcelona, the location of their final concert on the world tour.

But trouble looms large when the group members discover their alter-egos are in fact clones, created by mad scientist Victor (David Gant) as part of a sinister cloning conspiracy.

Thankfully, the eponymous pop posse are on hand to save the day, joining forces with their belly-buttonless doppelgangers to ensure the world doesn't stop movin' to that funky, funky beat.

S Club Seeing Double is essentially an extended version of one of the band's television shows, complete with corny gags and performances of hits including Never had A Dream Come True and recent floor filler Alive.

Hannah emerges as the one natural comedian in the group and makes up for her colleagues rather flat delivery of their lines.

Jo is noticeably absent from all of the dance numbers (she was suffering from a bad back during filming) and there is a spot of gratuitous nudity - tastefully done of course - in two shower scenes.

Fans of the group will no doubt love all of the harmless fun and frolics, and the cameo by Gareth Gates in the closing minutes.

Parents may well feel that the 91 minutes of teeny-bopping are pop purgatory.

Rating: fans 7/10; parents 2/10