Product Description

Girl Power reigns supreme as the Spice Girls run into nothing but obstacles while preparing for a big concert in London. Cameos include Elvis Costello and Elton John. 1997/color/93 min/PG/(CC).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6777 in DVD
• Brand: SPICE GIRLS
• Released on: 1998-06-16
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Full Screen, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Dubbed in: Spanish
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 93 minutes

Amazon.com
The Spice Girls have plenty of personality, and that helps make up for the lapses in inspiration that keep their feature debut from being a truly good movie and potential cult piece. As with Richard Lester's Hard Day's Night, Spice World is about a few days in the collective life of the all-female British group; and the banter is suggestively representative of how the Girls all speak to one another. But the value of individual scenes is woefully inconsistent, reaching a low point in a dumb sequence when a gaggle of extraterrestrials hit them up for autographs. Fortunately, the film is full of great people, or in some cases good people doing great things: Richard E. Grant, Roger Moore, Alan Cummings, Mark McKinney, and tons of cameos from the likes of Elton John, Elvis Costello, and Bob Hoskins. You don't have to be 11 years old and female to get some enjoyment out of this movie, but it might help. --Tom Keogh

From The New Yorker
And you thought the art movie was dead. This one is a showcase for the Spice Girls-Scary, Sporty, Ginger, Baby, and Posh-and their songs. Opinions vary as to precisely how long it took to devise the plot; generous estimates put it at fifteen minutes. The Girls buzz around London in a big bus, and there are occasional dream sequences and innumerable meetings with celebrities, few of whom will be recognized by American audiences. The director is Bob Spiers, though it's hard to judge whether he actually turned up on the set. High marks, as ever, to the Spice Girls themselves for sheer nerve, and especially to Posh, who, when she opens her mouth, reveals herself to be about as posh as the Artful Dodger. -Anthony Lane
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