Spice World (1998)

There are some funny scenes in this movie and I think what people find most impressive is they are bound to see a celebrity they like in this movie because just about everyone famous on TV in the UK in the late 1990s makes an appearance for at least a few seconds. At one point we see Bob Hoskins coming out a phone box and he's supposed to be one of the Spice Girls in disguise.The acting is kind of cheesy and lame. It reminds me of "Kevin and Perry go large", another movie you are in love with as a teenager but when you reach your mid 20s watching it makes you cringe.I don't feel this movie has any importance in this day and age. If you're at the age where you like this kind of movie then you are too young to remember the Spice Girls and if you're at the age you can remember them then you just hate this movie even if you used to like it..It was only produced to generate a sugar rush of cash for the Spice World phenomenon of the late 1990s.

I was doubtful about this movie but my daughter insisted we watch it together. I was amazed at how art house it was – with throw backs to the old Beatles movie genre and other madcap '70's and 80's productions (Thunderbirds, the Monkees, etc). Apart from the catchy music and the generally enjoyable overacting – the all star cast makes it a genuine 'spot the actor' vehicle. (For example: this from http://filmbabble. blogspot.com/2007/06/20 -great-modern-movie-cameos.html : "Elvis Costello as a bartender and credited as 'Himself' Costello plays a nice tongue-in-cheek note as the Girls talk about their possible flash-in-the-pan prospects".) It spoofs everything about those bad movies we loved to watch – model buses jumping over model bridges, E.T. (the Movie) in 'bad green coats', the Magical Mystery Tour amazing bus, media moguls (Rupert Murdoch anyone?), Hollywood 'run and go' action movies, over-sexed Italian dancers etc. The more I watched the more I saw. I drove my daughter crazy pointing out ... 'hey that is a takeoff from ...'. If you are studying cinema or just have a movie trivia interest, Spice World certainly gives you more to argue about than Citizen Kain (sorry Orsen) or Pret-a-Porter (apologies to Robert too). If this movie was written by the Directors wife – she was a movie buff. It is better than you think!

Okay, like all you fellow IMDb members, I'm a lover of a movies. But once in a while, a film like this should be making people laugh, not moan about the million things wrong with it.I haven't watched this flick in ages, but yesterday I was in a "take-a-look-at-stuff-from-the-past" mood, found the tape whilst doing my spring cleaning, and so I popped the tape in. I was a little biased the last time I watched it, being an 8 year old Spice Girls fanatic, but this time I took the film into serious consideration. Don't you get it? It's a satire about film making... And with the fabulous cameos (Elvis Costello, Elton John, MEATLOAF!! just to name a few..)how could you not love it? Just a teensy bit?Trust me, the British know film, and they know what they're doing with this one. Instead of showing one "real" side of the spice girls, they've shoved 50 years of stereotypical rubbish into one movie. You've got people trying to make a movie, a documentary, and the tabloids trying to break the girls apart, along with aliens, hot Italian models and random deja vus. All in one. So, cool off IMDb... if you don't take yourself too seriously and want to step back into the 90s for a good laugh, watch this.

Never mind that there is no story to speak of that the script seems to have been written as the players were collated, and let's forget all about music films like "Imagine"; this is the late 90s, and The Spice Girls were probably the biggest band on the planet. In this film, they rally to keep the band together, play gigs, keep an intrusive film-crew away and their manager — played by Richard E. Grant — calm. By the way, you have to laugh at people like Bob Hoskins, Elvis Costello, Jools Holland and Stephen Fry turning up to have a go. The film is a collection of ideas, all tossed together to make money off the Spice-phenomenon, all the while turning out great pop music to the girl power-beat. Actually, it worked wonders in comparison with the pap of today, as far as groups like the atrocious Pussycat Dolls are concerned, who carry no discernible message other than flaunt your body to have your way, and don't think. Go spice!