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This is Spinal Tap
A spoof about a filmmaker making a documentary about one of England's loudest bands, Spinal Tap, a once-famous, now almost forgotten British heavy metal band returning to the United States after 17 years for a concert tour.
18 September 1939, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
6 April 1946, New York City, New York, USA
2 June 1955, Missoula, Montana, USA
30 September 1957, Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
22 December 1946, USA
21 June 1911, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, USA
February 13, 2011
...a sporadically amusing but all-too-uneven piece of work...
August 15, 2002
The film is a composite of classic moments, all of which we sense could have happened to any of the classic heavy metal bands -- or at least to those whose members combined delusions of greatness with low I.Q.s.
February 09, 2006
Reiner's brilliantly inventive script and smart visuals avoid all the obvious pitfalls, making this one of the funniest ever films about the music business.
March 02, 2011
If you didn't know this was a fake film, you could easily believe it's real.
June 18, 2012
Returning to Spinal Tap always brings with it a pronounced sense of discovery, a freshness that is uncommon with movies generally and unspeakably rare in a comedy.
January 19, 2013
Consistently funny, with sheer brilliant turns from every performer on the cast...
August 19, 2008
For all its japes and jokes, the movie is really about exhaustion of the spirit: sitting in a bleak hotel suite at 4 a.m. with the bad taste of last night in the mouth and the feeling that tomorrow will not be a better day.
April 14, 2011
[VIDEO] Although examples of the mockumentary genre existed before "Spinal Tap" this heavy metal comedy is considered an epitome of cinematic satire.
December 17, 2007
The material is consistently clever and funny, though ultimately the attitudes are too narrow to nourish a feature-length film.
May 20, 2003
It stays so wickedly close to the subject that it is very nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.
March 26, 2009
For music biz insiders, This Is Spinal Tap is a vastly amusing satire of heavy metal bands.
March 03, 2014
Yes Nigel, you did go to 11. Where would cinematic comedy be if you hadn't?