Spinal Pap Rules!

Rating: 10/10 (6 June 2006)

No need to repeat all of the kudos which are much better said in the other reviews. I direct your attention to two of my favorites scenes, both of which I can only assume are brilliantly ad-libbed: the interview scenes near the beginning of the movie in which one of Tap's albums titled "Shark Sandwich" is reviewed simply as "Shit Sandwich" (among other funny lines) and the scene where Nigel shows off his incomparable collection of guitars to Marty DiBergi, in which Marty is instructed, nay, WARNED to "don't even look at" one of Nigel's prized axes. The classic bit about the amps that "go to 11" has long passed into the subconscious of nearly every person over the age of 25 (my 15 year old daughter even gets it), but it is still funny every time I see or hear it. The songs "Sex Farm" and "Big Bottom" are sublime. If "Spinal Tap" ever goes on tour again, make sure you beg, borrow or steal a ticket. And, oh yes, see this movie!