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Spice World (1997)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:9

Rotten:23

Average Rating:4.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

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... 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]

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

Starring: Spice Girls, Richard E. Grant, Claire Rushbrook, Alan Cumming, George Wendt, Naoko Mori, Richard O'Brien, Barry Humphries, Mark McKinney, Steve O'Donnell, Devon Anderson, Michael Barrymore, Richard Briers, Simon Chandler, Jools Holland, Elton John, Hugh Laurie, Jennifer Saunders

Director: Bob Spiers

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

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Nov 27, 2007

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This movie wasn't so much written as dripped. It's a fine waste of time for nine-year-olds.

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05/19/09
Cole Smithey
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01/07/09
Jon Popick
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07/22/08
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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probably a coin-toss victory against a Spice Babies Saturday morning cartoon

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10/17/07
Jesse Hassenger
Jesse Hassenger
Filmcritic.com
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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

Spice World works because it has the foresight to play with the manufactured-ness of the group, and of the movie itself.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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08/30/05
Emanuel Levy
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01/31/05
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

...loose and junky, and one wonders what could have happened had the Spice Girls turned out to be as interesting as the Beatles

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
01/29/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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03/18/04
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
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09/02/03
Ryan Cracknell
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05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly

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03/06/03
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

GENIUS! Of some sort, anyway.

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02/02/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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11/06/02
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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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