Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1990 Wide
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Making great fun of the '70s, this lively sci-fi comedy centers on a trio of time travellers who go into the past in hopes of retrieving the Constitution to celebrate America's 300th birthday. Unfortunately, the travelers end up in 1976 not 1776. The trouble is, they don't realize it. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Jan 1, 1990 Wide
Jun 3, 2003
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
All Critics (5) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (1) | DVD (4)
Uneven but fairly amusing sendup of '70s culture
...the film's just not funny...
Long before Austin Powers and That 70's Show "created" the 1970's nostalgia wave there was a cheap little indie comedy that came and went before anybody noticed.
You might get a campish kick from The Spirit of '76...Where else can you find a film that has teen idol David Cassidy sharing time with new wave fave Devo?
As if you couldn't already tell from the DVD cover, "The Spirit of '76" is a silly blast of nostalgic kitsch.The year is 2176. A trio of American scientists from a gray, cheerless future aim to travel back in time to 1776, in order to find the forgotten Constitution and rediscover what once made their country
May 15, 2010Super Reviewer
Hilarious movie! Definitely a movie from childhood. Whoa! I just commented on this previously. Oh well.
December 17, 2007Super Reviewer
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