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Spice World
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32 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 7 out of 16
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    100
    A joyous, hilarious send-up of rock star pretensions and an enchanting celebration of "girl power" in pop culture.
  2. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Craig Marine
    75
    Without much of a plot to speak of and relying almost entirely on the girls' star power and charisma - which they have in spades - turns out to be a truly entertaining movie for anyone with even a bare knowledge of the Spice Girls' history, which in this age of absolute over-saturation, is hard to avoid.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    70
    Disarmingly, the film thus acknowledges the Spice Girls' flash-in-the-pan status and lets them kid around about their frankly synthetic career.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    70
    The movie essentially mirrors the non-diva, down-to-earth personalities on which their act is based, and which include a sizable amount of self-parody.
  5. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    63
    Critic-proof, devoid of plot or acting, and quick to mock anyone who might make something of it.
  6. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    50
    Although the film is clearly trying to follow in the footsteps of the Beatles' classic, it's several long strides behind, lacking the same sense of originality, spontaneity, high energy, and joi de vivre.
  7. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    It's all pure, brainless fluff, but it's unpretentious and "Wannabe" is damnably catchy.
  8. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    50
    Shabbily filmed, thoroughly harmless Official Product.
  9. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Lori Leibovich
    50
    There are several non sequitur subplots woven together -- and that, along with a dearth of acting talent, is Spice World's biggest flaw.
  10. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    30
    Bad as it may be, though, the film falls that one precious inch shy of being quite so awful that it achieves cult status; in short, it's just not bad enough to be any good.
  11. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    20
    A promotional tool that establishes its superfluousness simply by existing, this clumsy, smirking movie has a bitter soul.
  12. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    12
    They're so detached they can't even successfully lip-synch their own songs.
  13. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Keven McAlester
    10
    Rarely has one movie seemed so predestined to reduce any and all attempted criticism to so many column inches of impotent gibberish.
  14. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Anthony Lane
    10
    The director is Bob Spiers, though it's hard to judge whether he actually turned up on the set.
  15. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Richard Harrington
    0
    The Spice Girls' mistake masquerading as a movie, is so bad that it makes the Village People's "Can't Stop the Music" look like "Citizen Kane."
  16. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    0
    About as awful and shamelessly pandering as a fanzine movie could dare to be.
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5.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 2 out of 3
  1. JJ
    10
    Good fun & the girls weren't scared of taking the mickey out of themselves.
  2. JayH
    3
    I wasn't sure what to expect from this film, but didn't care for what I got. Silly fluff, completely pointless and surprisingly boring. If they were trying to capture the spontaneity of A Hard Days Night, they failed miserably.… Full Review »
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