Pump up your platforms and hold onto your knickers!!

Rating: Null/10 (4 November 2000)

As the tag line goes: Pump up your platforms, and fasten your seat belts for a roller coaster ride which will spice up your life and open up your eyes very, very wide!!
Okay, okay. So the Spice Girls aren't exactly the world's greatest actresses, but they never aimed to be. Yet their first attempt at making a feature film was nothing short of fantastic.
The film follows a (busy) week in the live of The Spice Girls in the build-up to their first ever live concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
The satirical cameo appearances (by such greats as Roger Moore, Meatloaf and George Wendt) blend well with the very funny script which pokes fun at the Girls, the media, and anybody or anything else that gets in the camera's way.
Richard E. Grant, Alan Cummings and Claire Rushbrook all make fine performances as they desperately try to keep up with the fast-paced world that the Spice Girl's lead.
The 'Speed' sequence with the bus and the whole alien spaceship scene (plus the very clever credits sequence) were undoubtedly three of the more memorable parts, but the photo shoot scene where they dress up as each other is also bound to make you laugh.
Described as a thriller, with a little romance and a lot of comedy, Spiceworld: The Movie captures the hearts of Spice fans everywhere as their favourite pop artists rush to the stage in the final performance of "Spice Up Your Life".
Despite the credits warnings of 'candy-coloured tarts with acting abilities lower than their IQ's', I found "Spiceworld: The Movie" to be very good, indeed! 8/10