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This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

95%
  • R, 1 hr. 23 min.
  • Comedy
  • Directed By:
    Rob Reiner
    In Theaters:
    Mar 2, 1984 Wide
    On DVD:
    Jul 14, 1998
  • MGM

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Critic Review - Chicago Reader

The material is consistently clever and funny, though ultimately the attitudes are too narrow to nourish a feature-length film.

December 17, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comments (16)
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Comments

John F.

John Fleming

Since the movie is consistently clever, does it really matter if it isn't an epic tale?

Jul 23 - 01:33 PM

Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabidu

Larry David

Dave, I told you, your reviews don't count!

Sep 16 - 06:51 PM

Nat V.

Nat Vesty

Seriously, do you find it makes you feel important to slag off films that everybody likes?

You don't stand out as anything but a moron.

Sep 24 - 04:24 PM

Bennett Galef

Bennett Galef

You don't stand out as anything but a moron. He has a specific criticism, where you've nothing but a personal grudge.

Apr 15 - 08:18 PM

ybrik222

Someone Someone

Wrecking like a baoss.

Jul 2 - 09:25 PM

Max the Movie Kid

Max Chittock

Meh, this is basically the kind of thing you'd expect from Dave Derp.

Dec 18 - 03:05 PM

Trevor C.

Trevor Cassidy

Because you gave Spinal Tap, the funniest movie of all time, a bad review; nobody can ever take your reviews of other movies seriously.

Jan 11 - 02:58 PM

Fisheth24

Andrew Scarlett

Here we go again, he gave Alien and Empire stikes back a bad review. Does this mean anything?

So if the material is constantly funny, doesn't that make a good movie?

Feb 20 - 03:58 AM

Aker

Andrew Aker

Let's just take a brief gaze over Dave Kehr's movie tastes....He hated Disney's original Alice in Wonderland & Disney's original The Jungle Book. He also gave negative reviews to Ridley Scott's Alien and Kubrick's The Shining.

And to top it off; he gives a bad review to what is commonly referenced as Christopher Guests comedic origins in This is Spinal Tap.

Clearly Dave has no taste for adventure / animation films, let alone horror / thriller / science fiction films....And to complete the circle of complete and undeniable idiocy, he has officially solidified himself as worst film reviewer of all time (next to Arnold White) by showing us he has no conception of good comedy either.

Well done Dave, you literally have no saving grace.

Jun 3 - 04:04 PM

Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabidu

Larry David

On Metacritic, Dave Kehr's review is listed as positive. RT should amend this review and change it to positive.

Source:

http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/thisisspinaltap?q=this is spinal tap

Jul 19 - 12:12 AM

Wilford B.

Wilford Brimley

This is the same guy that gave "Animal House" a bad review. Your opinion doesn't count.

Jul 27 - 09:52 AM

Ken

Kenneth W.

Ah jeez, this guy again?

Aug 6 - 05:18 AM

Carr N.

Carr Nyuli

Dave, your wrongness goes up to eleven.

Jun 7 - 09:17 PM

Hiatt N.

Hiatt N/A

Seriously, dude? Can you (just for once!) not hate on a good movie? My apologies, you liked 'The Searchers', which is awesome ... go for two?

Jul 20 - 02:45 PM

Andy Patterson

Andy Patterson

oh look whose here, "narrow"? surely not as narrow as your film taste you prick. There must be about 5 films you like, or maybe this is all for show? I wouldn't mind if you gave this a bad review fair enough its an opinion but there is something wrong when I have yet to see a single good review from you. Don't like films? Don't review them twat.

Oct 1 - 11:00 AM

Jae Cho

Jae Cho

What? Then you don't get it.

Oct 16 - 08:07 AM

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