Camp fun, best watched with several beers!

Rating: 6/10 (25 September 2001)

OK, OK, OK - camp is a rather overused word these days - mainly by those wishing to damn with faint praise something they saw and liked in spite of themselves. I too had reservations about this movie - pop stars and acting do not usually combine - however, that is not the point of SpiceWorld.
Essentially, this is a send up of the manufactured band and the industry that surrounds it. We have all the key elements - five girls who have assigned 'characters' which are not how they see themselves, a megalomaniac manager who will stop at nothing to get the girls to perform, the tabloid editor who reviles the media monster he has created.
There is no plot to speak of - the girls are heading to the Royal Albert Hall for their first gig - and , erm, that's it. Along the way they have some adventures, with both the actors and the girls sending themselves up outrageously.
Particularly funny is Richard E Grant as the manager and Roger Moore's one liners - 'when the speeding melon hits the wall etc' are priceless.
Ultimately, SpiceWorld is a fun piece of non threatening fluff that will make you smile. It never set out to change the world and never will.