Spice World
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: January 23, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
A joyous, hilarious send-up of rock star pretensions and an enchanting celebration of "girl power" in pop culture. Read full review
75
San Francisco ExaminerCraig 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
70
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
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
70
VarietyDerek 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
63
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
50
ReelViewsJames 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
50
Entertainment WeeklyTy Burr
Shabbily filmed, thoroughly harmless Official Product. Read full review
50
SalonLori 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
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
It's all pure, brainless fluff, but it's unpretentious and "Wannabe" is damnably catchy. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc 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
20
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
A promotional tool that establishes its superfluousness simply by existing, this clumsy, smirking movie has a bitter soul. Read full review
12
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
They're so detached they can't even successfully lip-synch their own songs. Read full review
10
Dallas ObserverKeven 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
10
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
The director is Bob Spiers, though it's hard to judge whether he actually turned up on the set. Read full review
0
Washington PostRichard 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
0
Washington PostDesson Thomson
About as awful and shamelessly pandering as a fanzine movie could dare to be. Read full review
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