Enough of my yapping, let's boogie!

Rating: 10/10 (28 May 2012)

Rob Reiner gave birth of the mockumentary in 1984 with his ad lib musical trio of Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer. Rock 'n Roll ridiculous is panned in Rolling Stone English from album concepts to stage props and all paraphernalia in between. When David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel spew out such idioms as "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid" you know that their cliché'd world is as flawed as their amplifiers that go to eleven. Their stage and interview performances are infectious and their timing is still fresh, decades later and became a new art form into itself. Spinal tap is a mish-mash of music industry persona's attached to an aging heavy metal band. There are wonderfully uncomfortable cameos everywhere to nibble at while the main course focuses on our English trio sadly pretending to be hip and relevant. The oft-quote dialog seals this spot with their brilliantly original and spot on non-stop heavy metal parody.