First of all, let's just clarify something: This Is Spinal Tap is the funniest film ever made.
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01/01/00
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:49
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A brilliant and hilarious documentary-style satire of a has-been British heavy metal band who never really was on an absurd American comeback tour that never quite gets off the ground, THIS IS... [More]
Starring: Spinal Tap, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer
Director: Rob Reiner
Reviews for This Is Spinal Tap
Top CriticHilarious, bitingly perceptive and cinematically assured.
08/19/08
Top CriticReiner’s brilliant “rockumentary” sends up its subject matter and the documentary form, with such deft perception that confusing it with the genuine article is an easy mistake to make.
01/01/00
Top CriticQuite possibly the funniest spoof of all time.
12/10/01
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.
02/09/06
Top CriticSimultaneously created the genre and broke the mold
09/02/03
It was the first, and it remains one of the best, as Reiner’s shots at the big egos, small minds and incredible self-indulgence of overpaid rock stars consistently hit the mark.
07/25/01
It hardly ever gets more spot-on than this.
01/01/00
No review available.
02/13/04
This Is Spinal Tap about as funny and on-target as parody gets.
03/27/01
Top CriticThe material is consistently clever and funny, though ultimately the attitudes are too narrow to nourish a feature-length film.
12/17/07
The satire has a deft, wicked touch.
01/01/00
Top CriticDuas décadas depois de seu lançamento, o filme continua a funcionar maravilhosamente bem em seu humor inteligente e sua crítica ácida sobre os bastidores do rock’n’roll.
06/16/04
No review available.
01/27/03
It's a milestone in American comedy cinema.
01/01/00
Perhaps the best known mockumentary of the 1980s...
01/01/00
One of the funniest films of the 1980's.
09/10/01
...it probably helps not to like the music in order to appreciate the satire more.
01/01/00
the bad-luck bad boys still don't disappoint in this ultimate roast of the music industry.
01/01/00
Top CriticA hilariously scathing indictment of the rock and roll lifestyle, and all the egoism and shallow philosophising that goes along with it.
03/19/03
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