Spice World (1997)

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The film follows the Spice Girls and their entourage (mostly fictional characters) - manager Clifford, his assistant Deborah, filmmaker Piers (who is trying to shoot a documentary on "the real Spice Girls") and others in their everyday life. (imdb)

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Directed By: Bob Spiers

Written By: Kim Fuller, Jamie Curtis

Starring: Stephen Fry, Richard E. Grant, Hugh Laurie, Roger Moore, Kevin Allen, Mel B, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Michael Barrymore, Melanie Chisholm, Devon Anderson

Genres: Comedy, Music

Country: UK

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Spice World belongs to 21 collections

1. Female protagonist (collaborative: moderated by djross - 25 stars)

2. The Gentlemen's Guide To Midnight Cinema Podcast (collaborative: moderated by Coheed - 9 stars)

3. How Did This Get Made? (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 8 stars)

4. Musician / Composer (collaborative: moderated by djross - 6 stars)

5. London (collaborative: moderated by djross - 5 stars)

6. Failed the Reverse Bechdel Test (collaborative: moderated by mwgerb - 4 stars)

7. Worst of criticker (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 4 stars)

8. Ebert's Most Hated (collaborative - 3 stars)

9. Famous People Acting As Themselves (No Documentaries) (collaborative: moderated by SirStuckey - 3 stars)

10. Movies with acting musicians (collaborative: moderated by comepelicula - 3 stars)

11. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (public: Coheed - 3 stars)

12. Siskel and Ebert Worst (public: donkeyjelly - 3 stars)

13. The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst (public: teckgecko - 2 stars)

14. Roger Ebert's Worst Films of 1998 (collaborative - 1 star)

15. Criticker Hates You (public: donkeyjelly - 1 star)

16. similar to garbage pail kids (public: kikifas - 1 star)

17. Eric's Bad Movies (public: BeeDub)

18. Hollywood Saloon: Guilty Pleasures (public: BeeDub)

19. Friday Night Movie Funtime (public: Ununnilium)

20. Rough Ratings (public: saudade)

21. Jukebox Musical (collaborative: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - -1 star)

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TCI | Percentile | Date Rated | # Stars (Reviews)

Stars	User	Rating
4	Grit	0 _0th
What can I say? It's simply another wild scream for attention coupled with the self indulgent crap you'd expect from the people who came to define everything we hate about the '90s. It's not the fact that the film was obviously cobbled together in half an hour as another cheap cash-in, nor the fact that the production values are non-existent but the fact that the members think so much of themselves that it's embarassing. They still think they are the centre of the universe and it makes me sick.
4	Barthalen	12 _6th
Man, this is the weirdest Dune tie-in story I have ever seen.
3	Mentaculus	9 _1st
This film is when the public lost respect for both the film and music industries, and internet piracy began. And it's probably one of the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse, which if this kind of drivel still gets made, is nigh upon us.
3	BeeDub	62 _5th
Watchable with the sound off, but just barely.
2	Skenkere	20 _6th
There's this scene where the Spice World Bus jumps this bridge, and it's really awesome. I gave that scene 15 points. The other 5 points are because Posh Spice used to be kind of hot. That leaves 0 points for every other aspect of this movie.
2	TedDedon	60 _27th
As dumb as Spice World is you find yourself hardpressed not to enjoy it a bit. The Spice Girls themselves are not actors but they do a pretty darn good job of lighting up the screen and keeping you entertained.
2	katje	30 _10th
One of many things my parents were conned into spending money on the name of their 10-year-old daughter's master interest! I've apologized.
2	ImThatDingo	0 _2nd
I will never forgive my parents for making me take my little sister to see this...in the theater. I was in a public place when I saw this pile of shit. How embarrassing...I know in quite a few of my reviews, I've mentioned that particular films were the worst I've ever has the displeasure of viewing. This one takes the cake. If you don't have the common sense to stay away from this on your own...please take my advice and do not, DO NOT, see this. Also, James Bond?! Fuck!
2	Ocelot	10 _5th
This isn't a sentence I ever thought I'd utter, but this movie is strictly inferior to Josie and the Pussycats. It's a combination of that and A Hard Day's Night without the positive aspects of either. The Spice Girls are abysmal actors, the editing is stilted and dull and there's hardly any score music, making most scenes feel unfinished. The meta framework is underthought and misguided. This could be combined with the death of Princess Di as the equivalent of Great Britain's 9/11.
2	Okkervil	1 _1st
Tits and retards.
2	mwgerb	37 _23rd
This is a really, really, really stupid movie. But at least it knows it.
2	nobamba	20 _4th
Who is this movie for? Fans of the Spice Girls surely would have preferred a better movie. Non-fans won't find much here besides eye candy. Musicals allow more extravagant dance moves and environments due to editing, but the Girls are limited to gyrating around in a fixed position. The bus doesn't make sense. Great costumes. Was '90s UK really like that? Fav scenes: Wannabe; bus jumping the bridge replaced by stunt double.
1	Pickpocket	0 _4th
A 93 minute long movie about a band that everyone hated already. It's hard to believe this was made.
1	Askail	17 _0th
Don't watch unless you are in the need of bad nostalgia.
1	blayze	0 _6th
Downfall of music and movie industry.
1	Tharastaman	4 _0th
I was expecting lesbian porn, not this tripe!
1	carolynn	15 _1st
I am embarrassed to say that during the Spice Girls era of my life I watched this movie over and over again.
1	bellamyr	26 _8th
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want - every copy of this to be burned and the ashes used to fertilise trees to make paper for real writers
1	Bitch Alert	20 _6th
Spice up your life - eat some fucking pepper instead of watching this disturbing piece of 90's crap.
1	Luna6ix	43 _5th
Proof that the bigger you are the harder you fall.
1	TheRealJ-Ro	5 _0th
GONG
1	cult_of_same	5 _4th
I had to watch it or be shunned from my clique.
1	kyvetti	98 _99th
Back in 1997 I and three friends of mine went to see this in a movie theatre (we were among the few males there, and probably only ones over 18). Three of us laughed so hard it hurt, while one of us hated every moment of the film. I see majority of people here are among the haters. Needs a proper attitude to appreciate, but as far as celebrity vehicles go, this one is unbeaten and probably unbeatable. For true connoisseurs only.
1	leekenn	7 _1st
I'm sure somebody, somewhere didn't find this film patronizing and highly annoying, but I did. And so did you.
1	DavidBlast	20 _6th
After successfully ruining pop music, the cash cows that were the Spice Girls turned to film, in the hope of expanding this corruption to another art form. The result is an abomination; such a blatant, unapologetic attempt to rob the teen fans for their last dime, that the misanthropist inside of my almost want to applaud it. Slow clap.
1	overrated	6 _2nd
My excuse for seeing this is that I was on a school trip abroad and seeing this in the cinema was the group activity for one of the evenings. What's yours?
1	glumpy_99	69 _33rd
About as good a film as a movie called “Spice World” could possibly be – probably plays better now than it would have 25 years ago as the girls themselves are more bubbly and endearing than the average ‘20s pop-star – overly derivative of the Beatles’ efforts and working best when leaning in to the surreal digressions; it’s also fun playing six degrees of British comedy with the well-stacked supporting cast (and “big bad” Moore’s empty-headed profundities are genuinely inspired and amusing).
1	Ununnilium	56 _37th
Honestly, this had way more genuine funny-on-purpose humor than I expected - which is still only, let's say, one out of every five jokes, but 20% of a funny movie is better than a lot of attempted comedies. It would have been more successful if it stopped trying to have a plot and made the jokes more rapidfire - it's at its best when it's throwing one wacky thing at the wall after another. (And cut down the musical numbers - I know the audience expects them, but each would hit better shorter.)
1	sheepslasher	1 _12th
I'll tell ya what I want what I really really want: to never see this again.
1	deep_green	45 _23rd
My only real complaint was not enough drugs. But that's all my own fault. With the benefit of hindsight, general audience cinema of the 90s often had this insane aesthetic program that some of us as children took entirely for granted. It's been eye-opening to revisit this and the first couple of Fast n Furious trailers (they're on the watch list).

Average Percentile 10.43% from 2353 Ratings