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Spice World (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 31 Fresh: 9  Rotten:22 Average Rating: 4.6/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Synopsis: Big-screen shenanigans from the Spice Girls, who cavort harmlessly in backstage vignettes whilst changing costumes, mugging in the kitschy environs of their Union Jack tour bus (piloted by no less significant a personage than Meat Loaf), and evading a bothersome paparazzo. Trashy,... Big-screen shenanigans from the Spice Girls, who cavort harmlessly in backstage vignettes whilst changing costumes, mugging in the kitschy environs of their Union Jack tour bus (piloted by no less significant a personage than Meat Loaf), and evading a bothersome paparazzo. Trashy, guilty fun, littered with celebrity cameos. [More]

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Starring: Spice Girls, Richard E. Grant, Claire Rushbrook, Alan Cumming, George Wendt

Director: Bob Spiers
Producer: Uri Fruchtmann, Barnaby Thompson
Screenwriter: Kim Fuller

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 27, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Subtitles - English, French - Optional
  • Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned

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07/22/08
Derek Elley
Variety
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2.5/5

probably a coin-toss victory against a Spice Babies Saturday morning cartoon

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10/17/07
Jesse Hassenger
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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Spice World works because it has the foresight to play with the manufactured-ness of the group, and of the movie itself.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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08/30/05
Emanuel Levy
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01/31/05
Greg Maki
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...loose and junky, and one wonders what could have happened had the Spice Girls turned out to be as interesting as the Beatles

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01/29/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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03/18/04
Dragan Antulov
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09/02/03
Ryan Cracknell
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05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly
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03/06/03
Rob Blackwelder
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5/5

GENIUS! Of some sort, anyway.

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02/02/03
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
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Peter Stack
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Christine James
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04/12/02
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Three people in the audience danced at the finale, too, male and female, so it couldn't have sucked. Pay a buck, take a load off, sip a soda, and enjoy it for what it is.

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06/14/01
Karina Montgomery
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Los Angeles Times
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