Cute, playful, and bouncy... Much like the Spice's tunes.

Rating: 5/10 (17 August 2000)

What's wrong with pop music? I personally enjoy listening to upbeat melodies with strong harmonies, and the Spice Girls certainly deliver that on their albums.
The Spice World movie is essentially the cinematic equivalent of their bubble gum pop. A thin plot serves to link a variety of sketches together. Some are quite funny (Bob Hoskins' cameo comes to mind...), and some just leave you staring open mouthed (the alien visitation.) Although I would have loved to have been the alien that got to... well, you'll see the scene yourself.
It's an ambitious effort, and you gotta love George Wendt in anything he does.
While it's doubtful the Spices will return to the plateau of popularity they achieved back in 97 and 98... this movie will stick around as a guilty pleasure. A movie that you don't dare admit to your friends that you have even seen, but when you get the chance, you happily stick with it.