Critic Reviews
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Boston Globe
A heady flow of brilliant stupidity.
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| 100 |
Christian Science Monitor
The rock scene hasn't been the same since this hilarious 1984 comedy.
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| 100 |
Chicago Sun-Times
One of the funniest, most intelligent, most original films.
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| 100 |
Chicago Tribune
Marc Caro
Deserves an encore anyway for its invaluable contributions to the vocabulary of rock'n' roll and pop culture.
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| 96 |
Mr. Showbiz
Carmel Dagan
So intensely funny that the viewer must hang on every word: comic gems spill forth almost continuously.
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| 90 |
Dallas Observer
Spinal Tap is still on the right side of the fine line between stupid and clever.
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| 90 |
Variety
Staff (not credited)
A vastly amusing satire of heavy metal bands.
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| 90 |
Los Angeles Times
That rare comedy that is as completely entertaining now in its re-release...as it was back then.
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| 90 |
Washington Post
One of the great movie satires. And if it isn't the funniest rock spoof ever made, it certainly shares the title with "The Rutles."
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| 80 |
Slate
It's no wonder young musicians say they learned to be rock stars from This Is Spinal Tap. It came to satirize and stayed -- and stays on -- to celebrate.
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| 80 |
Salon.com
The group's members come off more like real musicians than parodists.
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| 70 |
Chicago Reader
David Kehr
The material is consistently clever and funny.
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| 50 |
Village Voice
Begs the question: Did the lads from Squatney trail the zeitgeist at every turn, or were cobandleaders David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel simply in touch with their past and ahead of their time?
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