Spice World

1997 Music

Bob Spiers (director of TV's Absolutely Fabulous) directed this feature-film debut of the five Spice Girls -- Posh Spice, Sporty Spice, Scary Spice, Ginger Spice, and Baby Spice -- as the quintet challenges the London pop scene during five days before their first live performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Photojournalists follow as they travel from press conferences to practice sessions to photo ops, passing London landmarks in the comfort of their cavernous Spicebus and emerging in a musical cascade of color, trendy clothes, and blinding flashbulbs. Shot in 43 days, the film features cameos by everyone from Elton John and Elvis Costello, to Stephen Fry and Bob Hoskins.

Director: Bob Spiers

Starring: The Spice Girls,Richard E. Grant,Alan Cumming, George Wendt, Claire Rushbrook

 24 Reviews  3 Awards

Reviews

  • A joyous, hilarious send-up of rock star pretensions and an enchanting celebration of "girl power" in pop culture.

    Peter Stack - The San Francisco Chronicle

    27 April 2013

  • Disarmingly, the film thus acknowledges the Spice Girls' flash-in-the-pan status and lets them kid around about their frankly synthetic career.

    Elvis Mitchell - The New York Times

    27 April 2013

  • 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.

    Derek Elley - Variety

    27 April 2013

  • Shabbily filmed, thoroughly harmless Official Product.

    Ty Burr - Entertainment Weekly

    27 April 2013

  • It's all pure, brainless fluff, but it's unpretentious and "Wannabe" is damnably catchy.

    Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Favorite Actress - Comedy

    Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1999)

     

  • Favorite Movie Actress

    Kids' Choice Awards (1999)

     

  • Worst 'Musical' of Our First 25 Years

    Razzie Awards (2005)

     

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