One of the best Mockumentarys Ever Made! (spoiler?)

Rating: 9/10 (20 February 2003)

This is one of the most hysterical movies ever made. Although, this isn't the best Christopher Guest written/starring in film, Waiting For Guffman and Best In Show were better. But this is still a comedy masterpiece that should be admired from all aspects of film making. Instead of Christopher Guest directing this like Waiting For Guffman and Best In Show, Rob Reiner (Misery, Stand by Me) directs this classic mockumentary/comedy that invented the movie genre, Rockumentary. The story is about a film maker (Rob Reiner) making a documentary of a british band full of idiots called "Spinal Tap". The band members contain two lead guitarists/singers, Nigel Tuffnel (Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), and have one bass player Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer). The band keeps losing drummers to various accidents that result in death - one drummer explodes on stage, one dies in a gardening accident, and the funniest one - one dies by choking on vomit (as Nigel Tuffnel says, "It wasn't his vomit, it was someone else's. Unfortunetly, they can't do DNA testing to find out who's it actually was."). The film maker also explores David St. Hubbins's obnoxious and naive girlfriend, who is kind of like "Yoko Ono" and trys to tear David and Nigel apart. This is a film I would recommend to anyone looking for an excellent film to watch. The movie also guest stars Bruno Kirby, Fred Willard, Dana Carvey, Billy Crystal, Ed Begley, Jr. and Fran Drescher. Grade: A-