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Spice World
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 16 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Musical
Written by:
Kim Fuller
Jamie Curtis (additional writing)
Directed by: Bob Spiers
Release Date:
Theatrical: January 23, 1998
DVD: March 6, 2001
Running Time: 93 minutes, Color
Origin: UK
Summary
RATING: PG for some vulgarity, brief nudity and language
Starring Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Kevin Allen, Devon Anderson, and Michael Barrymore
The big screen debut (and finale) of the Spice Girls.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
A joyous, hilarious send-up of rock star pretensions and an enchanting celebration of "girl power" in pop culture.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Craig Marine
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.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
Disarmingly, the film thus acknowledges the Spice Girls' flash-in-the-pan status and lets them kid around about their frankly synthetic career.
Read Full Review >Variety Derek Elley
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.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
Critic-proof, devoid of plot or acting, and quick to mock anyone who might make something of it.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
It's all pure, brainless fluff, but it's unpretentious and "Wannabe" is damnably catchy.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
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.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Ty Burr
Shabbily filmed, thoroughly harmless Official Product.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Lori Leibovich
There are several non sequitur subplots woven together -- and that, along with a dearth of acting talent, is Spice World's biggest flaw.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
A promotional tool that establishes its superfluousness simply by existing, this clumsy, smirking movie has a bitter soul.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
They're so detached they can't even successfully lip-synch their own songs.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Keven McAlester
Rarely has one movie seemed so predestined to reduce any and all attempted criticism to so many column inches of impotent gibberish.
Read Full Review >The New Yorker Anthony Lane
The director is Bob Spiers, though it's hard to judge whether he actually turned up on the set.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Richard Harrington
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."
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
About as awful and shamelessly pandering as a fanzine movie could dare to be.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jay H gave it a3:
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.
J J gave it a10:
Good fun & the girls weren't scared of taking the mickey out of themselves.
Kitty C. gave it a 3:
Okay, I'm not going to lie. This movie IS watchable. However, I did not enjoy it. I don't mind films with no proper plots but this had too many little stories.
