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Melanie Brown, Spice Girls, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell ... see more see more... , Victoria Adams , Richard E. Grant , Alan Cumming , George Wendt , Claire Rushbrook , Mark McKinney , Richard O'Brien , Roger Moore , Barry Humphries , Jason Flemyng , Michael Barrymore , Naoko Mori , Meat Loaf , Bill Paterson , Jools Holland , Stephen Fry , Richard Briers , Elvis Costello , The Dream Boys , Bob Geldof , Bob Hoskins , Elton John , Jonathan Ross , Kevin Allen , Devon Anderson , Simon Chandler , David Fahm , Neil Fox , Llewella Gideon , Guy Gowan , Craig Kelly , Hugh Laurie , Marian McLoughlin , Kevin McNally , Neil Mullarkey , Steven O'Donnell , Jennifer Saunders , Simon Shepherd , Cathy Shipton , Peter Sissons , Denise Stephanson , Perdita Weekes , Dominic West , Simon Ellis , Geraldine Halliwell , Victoria Beckham

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 chal... read more read more...lenges 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. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: June 16, 1998

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  • November 21, 2011
    How they decide which bands to make movies about, I wish I knew. Who would think that this girl band from England would be the perfect group for a comedic music movie? Whoever it was, I thank them, this silly comedy is a delight, and it helps young people get interested in the ... read moremusic industry. At least that was what it did for me. Overall, it's very silly and outrageous, but I really liked it.
  • October 23, 2011
    As a young fan of the Spice Girls, I loved being able to see my hero's. Now however, I can see it's terrible and should be forgotten about.
  • June 23, 2011
    Childhood favourite and a classic!
  • June 20, 2011
    Obviously, "Spice World" is a deplorable film, but as a time capsule we can use to return to a time when they thought it was ok to make a feature film starring a popular all girl pop band, it works wonders! The film is just so, flat out, strange that you simply marvel at the shee... read morer ineptitude on screen. Everything from an apartment-like tour bus to alien encounters to sexual innuendoes galore, "Spice World" is just so trashy and odd. But, one curious aspect is how meta the film is. Like, do kids even understand this?
  • February 5, 2011
    I don't remember seeing this since I was 6. But even my 6 year old self would say this sucks.

    Grade: F?
  • July 25, 2010
    the acting seemed fake to me.
  • February 23, 2010
    Saw it once with an ex-gf.
  • September 30, 2009
    I saw it in the cinema with loads of screaming kids who didn't even watch it, their parents were making them dance in the aisles. Just horrible but you knew this already eh!
  • June 9, 2009
    i want to get me some baby spice. i just dont want to watch this again.
  • June 14, 2008
    Rubbish plot and terrible acting. Avoid!

Critic Reviews


Heather Boerner
December 18, 2010
Heather Boerner, Common Sense Media

Loony mockumentary captures Spice Girl fever. Full Review

Cole Smithey
May 19, 2009
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

This movie wasn't so much written as dripped. It's a fine waste of time for nine-year-olds. Full Review

Jesse Hassenger
October 17, 2007
Jesse Hassenger, Filmcritic.com

probably a coin-toss victory against a Spice Babies Saturday morning cartoon Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
May 26, 2006
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

Spice World works because it has the foresight to play with the manufactured-ness of the group, and of the movie itself. Full Review

Philip Martin
January 29, 2005
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

...loose and junky, and one wonders what could have happened had the Spice Girls turned out to be as interesting as the Beatles Full Review

Luke Y. Thompson
February 2, 2003
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

GENIUS! Of some sort, anyway.

Karina Montgomery
June 14, 2001
Karina Montgomery, Cinerina

Three people in the audience danced at the finale, too, male and female, so it couldn't have sucked. Pay a buck, take a load off, sip a soda, and enjoy it for what it is.

Michael Dequina
January 1, 2000
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

Would be more aptly named Sh*te World than Spice World. Full Review

Eric Lurio
January 1, 2000
Eric Lurio, rec.arts.movies.reviews

Anything this cheerfully dumb could not be the product of a healthy mind. Full Review

David Noh
January 1, 2000
David Noh, Film Journal International

Kim Fuller's screenplay is a rather desperate, free-for-all affair, fitfully amusing as well as groan-inducing. Full Review

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