The spice is right. The movie is wrong.

Rating: 4/10 (6 April 1999)

Please, whatever you do, count me out as a Spice Girls fan! You've probably had the chance to read at least 100 of my commentaries on all kinds of movies on this site, so what difference does SPICE WORLD make as long as a forgettably single viewing is just fine. I won't say that is a pretty lousy timekiller. It just isn't worth the appeal, even with five singing Barbie dolls who can dress. The movie is a lot of kidding around, but it actually has its heart in the right place in satirizing movie references and showing off its "Girl Power". There! You've got the formula, but you've got it all worn thin after (yup!) one single viewing, not 700!
But wait! A star-studded cast isn't complete without the delightful likes of Posh, Baby, Sporty, Scary, and Ginger (one of which is gone in reality), and they're getting an extra fifteen minutes of fame selling movie tickets. We'll see in the near future if they can start taking advantage of their acting more seriously. Paul, Ringo, John, and George can do MUCH better! Not only does this rip off The Beatles, but it wasn't even intended to! As you easily know, this movie was put out within a year following the Spice Girls' rapid rise to fame and fortune, and so you have here a rush job in the making. It all goes to show why promoting big name franchises pays off in these high-tech days, without a whole lot of "movie" to back it up (Are you paying attention, Sony?).
Sooner or later, you're gonna find SPICE WORLD sitting right next to those New Kids On The Block tapes in the thrift stores, and even the GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE on the dusty shelves of hidden stockrooms. I must call upon any current Spice Girls fan who loved this movie to hang on to what you got. Just like The Beatles proved, the next thirty years will compare to a glass of wine. History is sweet, right? For me and other anti-fans of Top 40 pop music, this movie simply doesn't cut it.