Spice World

Plot synopsis:
The film begins with the Spice Girls performing "Too Much" on Top of the Pops, but they become dissatisfied with the burdens of fame and fortune. Meanwhile, sinister newspaper owner Kevin McMaxford (Barry Humphries) is attempting to ruin the girls' reputation for his newspaper's ratings. McMaxford dispatches photographer Damien (Richard O'Brien) to take pictures and tape recordings of the girls. Less threatening but more annoying is Piers Cuthbertson-Smyth (Alan Cumming), who stalks the girls along with his camera crew, hoping to use them as subjects for his next project. At the same time, the girls' uptight manager, Clifford (Richard E. Grant) and his sympathetic assistant Deborah (Claire Rushbrook), are fending off two over-eager Hollywood writers, Martin Barnfield and Graydon (George Wendt and Mark McKinney), who relentlessly pitch absurd plot ideas for a feature film for the Spice Girls.
Amid this, the girls must prepare for their live concert at the Royal Albert Hall in three days, the biggest performance of their career. At the heart of it, the constant practices, traveling, publicity appearances, and other burdens of celebrity affect the girls on a personal level, preventing them from spending much time with their pregnant best friend, Nicola (Naoko Mori), who is due to give birth soon. Throughout the busy schedule, the girls attempt to ask Clifford for time off to spend with Nicola and relax, but Clifford refuses after talking with the head of the girls' record label, the cryptic and eccentric "Chief" (Roger Moore). The stress and overwork compound, which culminate in a huge argument between Clifford and the girls. The girls suddenly storm out on the evening before their gig at the Albert Hall.
The girls separately think back on their humble beginnings and their struggle to the top. They reunite by chance outside the now-abandoned café where they practiced during their childhood years, they reconcile, and decide to take Nicola out dancing. However, Nicola goes into labor at the nightclub and is rushed to the hospital in the girls' bus, giving birth to a healthy baby girl. When Emma notices that the delivery "doctor" has a camera, the girls realize that he is Damien, who runs off with the girls in hot pursuit, only to hit his head after accidentally colliding with an empty stretcher. When Damien sees the girls standing over him, he tells them that they have made him see the error of his ways, and he goes after McMaxford, who is subsequently fired in a "Jacuzzi scandal".
After noticing the girls' bus driver, Dennis (Meat Loaf) is missing, Victoria decides to take the wheel. It becomes a race against time as Victoria drives like a maniac through London. While approaching Tower Bridge, the bridge begins to raise to let a boat through the River Thames. Victoria drives up the bridge and over the gap. The bus finally lands safely on the other side, but when Emma opens a trapdoor in the floor, she discovers a bomb, and the girls scream before Emma slams the trapdoor shut again.
The girls finally arrive at the Royal Albert Hall for their performance and run up the steps. However, the girls have one more obstacle to overcome: a London policeman (Kevin McNally) charged the girls with: "dangerous driving, criminal damage, flying a bus without a license, and frightening the pigeons". Emma pushes forward and tells the policeman that she and the other girls were late for their performance at the Albert Hall. Emma smiles at the policeman, and he lets the girls off for their performance. The film ends when the girls perform their song "Spice Up Your Life" at the start of their Royal Albert Hall concert broadcast live on television around the world.
The supporting cast later talk about the girls' film during the closing credits. Mel C breaks the fourth wall and tells the other girls that the outgoing audience is watching them. The girls talk to the audience, commenting on "those two in the back row snogging" and on one's dress, and discuss their film, just minutes before the bomb in their bus explodes.

Tags: humor

Review:
Also, my 65-year-old father loves this movie, and he saw it only having heard vaguely of the Spice Girls, but not knowing their music at all.
And while the girls CAN'T really act (some are worse than others; I've read that Victoria was the only one who had taken acting lessons before, but I can't say it showed since I thought she was the weakest link), it's obvious that they're having fun with the script, and they don't do too badly at all.The script was another great surprise to me; it's full of good lines and funny characters that poke fun at themselves and their stereotypes.
Of course, some people just don't GET that kind of humour, which is fine by me as long as it doesn't make them slam the film because of it.Other moments I love, which elevate this film from could-have-been-dodgy to funny, are the casting of Meatloaf as the Spice Girls bus driver, and then having him say lines like: {on fixing the clogged toilets} "Hey, I love these girls.
Also the parody of the stereotypical characters of the girls, which of course were made up for them anyway, like Victoria not knowing what to wear, and Mel C saying "It must be really hard for you, Victoria, trying to decide whether to wear the little Gucci dress, or the little Gucci dress, or the little Gucci dress", and Victoria responding "Exactly!", or when Victoria falls into the Thames and continues to scream for help once she's been rescued, and yelling "This dress is dry-clean only!", or Geri saying "Calm down, haven't you ever heard of the word 'compromisation'?" There are scores of these great moments but they really work better in the film than if I wrote them down here.
But for a fun, energetic, insane romp with countless nods to classic movies, stars, and actors, this is perfect.The Spice Girls had their time in the limelight and used it to produce essentially a theatrically-released extended music video.
If you're old enough to remember M-TV when it was actually JUST a music video channel, this is what SPICEWORLD is (think of the classic Michael Jackson video/movies like THRILLER where it was music and a bit of story tossed in for good measure).
one last thing: I saw this movie on PPV in 1998 and immediately fell in love with it and the Spice Girls.
I was very early tweens when the Spice Girls dominated the world, and I remember the film coming out to cinemas; counting down the days till I could go see it!
These are the greatest pop legends of the 90's, Girl Power shook the world and so of course they were gonna exploit it for all their worth, but the thing that makes this pop band movie so much better than any other are the cameos, the list is endless.Its got more start turns than an Austin Powers movie, and thats saying something, and great thing is everyone has a sense of humour about their own position, even the girls themselves.I grew up with the Spice Girls and was a major fan - I'm 19 now but watching it now i find it even funnier - cos now i understand the jokes that flew over my head 8 years ago, and i know exactly who all these brilliant actors and musicians who make their cameos.It has great lines, a great and beautiful cast and shows the lives of the spice girls at their most normal and bizarre at the height of their fame, for the young girls the world over who loved the spice girls this is a great film to bring back the memories of almost 10 years ago.A must for fans - avoid if you had no love for these girls.
Film goes nowhere and gives you nothing, unless you are a fan and enjoy seeing them on big screen, mostly singing familiar songs, bickering and having fun.
The fact he delivers the line "hey I love these girls, and I'd do anything for them...but I won't do that..." without blushing is priceless.This movie has some of the cheesiest scenes in the history of film, with the aliens scene being among the worst, but when this movie hits with the goofiness, it hits well.
I don't own any guns, but I'd have probably joined in anyway, using a broom or a saucepan to dish out some Spice Girl inspired justice on the people that created this film.In hindsight, this could have saved us from the likes of Atomic Kitten and there would have been a good chance of sorting out Elton John as well.
But alas the government foresaw this and here we are, shaking our heads as the British film industry spasms in its continued death throes.`But it's aimed at kids and Spice Girl fans!' you may shout, thinking that such a statement will somehow appease me.
But, you'd be wrong, because the idea of letting those mad harridans, drive around the country in a bus, sing songs or say girl power is almost as insane to me as letting Rosie O'Donnell have her own talk show.If I worked in a video store and someone tried to hire out this movie then I'd refuse to let them have it, and possibly punch them for good measure.
Especially if you used to like them (oh come on, don't deny it--practically every girl did around 1997)it's a pretty strange experience, always thinking "Oh my god, what the heck was I thinking????"  And this movie doesn't get boring...just a bit embarrassingly bad.
I was actually pretty apathetic of the Spice Girls until I saw this movie, but this is too much.
All this movie has going for it is some good looking girls (and the music, if you like their music, which I don't).
There is a chance the ice you throw at the tv screen may somehow harm it, and your booing will wake the neighbors.The teeny-boppers were not impressed with everyone else's responses to the film (violent vomiting, painful spasms), but I'm sure they've seen it another 40 times on video, alternating it with viewings of Titanic.In short, this is a bad movie.
Admittedly I am not exactly the biggest Spice Girls fan but I am extremely open minded but it doesn't matter how open minded you are, it is close to impossible to enjoy this big, ugly, embarrasing piece of film.
Plot is nowhere to be found, decent actors are also completely absent, really annoying idiots however, are there plenty of here, but since this movie is about Spice Girls, it just couldn't be done without including five of the most obnoxious, irritating, stupid cows ever to be vomited out of the U.K..
I'm way too old to be a Spice Girls fan; my husband and I saw this on cable, and my main reason for scanning it was to see Roger Moore.Let's get the obligatory bashing out of the way:  the Spice Girls can't act very well, they sing a little better, they've got a good media machine hyping them, a good arranger for their tunes, and I liked the "2 Become 1" video on MTV.The script for this movie, however flawed, was a little gem.
Had always heard this movie was NOT good, and was never a fan of the Spice Girls, so until now had avoided this one like the plague.
Few speaking lines, no musical contributions, really just cameos.For those who like bad movies (i.e. enjoy making fun of them MST3K style), this is still NOT a good movie for you.
I have no idea what the point of this movie was, but something tells me it was just one big ego trip (Or ego TRIPE?) for the Spice Girls.
When reviewed as a film in its own right, "Spice World" is a very entertaining movie with its tongue always firmly in its meta-textual cheek.The Spice Girls -- Geri Halliwell (Ginger), Melanie Brown (Scary), Emma Bunton (Baby), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty), and Victoria Adams (Posh, now Victoria Beckham) -- play themselves.
Certainly not as bad as people have made it out to be, but one to avoid if you really just don't like the Spice Girls.
I am not a Spice Girls fan, but tried to watch the movie anyway just for some laughs.
Recommendation: This movie is much funner when you watch it jumping up and down on a couch like a seven year old.IS THIS NOT THE BEST FILM EVER??!?!?!.
Well i cant blame them.They made pop ''careers'' without beein able to sing,so i suppose it was only natural for these squawking unintentional anti feminists to assume they could make a movie without beein able to act!Bad script,worse songs and terrible acting aside,this film SUCKS on one major factor-the ridiculous ''we're all pals''image thrown in our faces by all of the girls.This movie is even worse in hindsight because now its more obvious than then that all of this was fake,the girls were a manufactured band and some of them actually hated each other.Although its not possible to score this film zero anyway,i would still score it one point for one thing,at least appearing in this crap and exposing a SEVERE lack of talent,has meant that there is no risk of Victoria Beckham being offered a movie role.Be thankful for small graces!.
I think that The Spice Girls movie is one of, if not THE greatest film ever made.
I think the plot was good although parts i didn't get such as the guy who wants to make a movie of the spice girls and the creepy photographer.
I think at times the movie tried to be too serious forgetting the fact that some of the story lines were a bit too silly and that the spice girls aren't professional actors.
Also people seem to be dissing the spice girls on here, for them i will say this they were and still are one of if not the biggest girl band of all time, their songs are catchy and original and they were a strong young women who made valuable contributions to music!!!.
Definitely not to be taken seriously (some people act like they were expecting Shakespeare here), it's a funny, charming, witty and light hearted romp through a week or so in the life of the Spice Girls.
Obviously you should like the Spice Girls if you hope to enjoy this movie, but how can any sane person appreciate such a contrived group of utter fakes?
When i was 8 years old Spice Girls were what i lived for, they were my everything and when this movie came out it was like my life was complete.
With the soundtrack all Spice Girl songs be sure to bop along with the familiar beats.All in all i would recommend this movie to anyone who wants to have a good time and remember back in the days when you were Sporty Spice and life didn't really have that many dramas..
It is always good to watch a movie like this by yourself or with a bunch of friends so you can be awesome and dance around when they break out in one of the lame lyric songs!
Spiceworld has received so many unfair beatings from the public, I suppose you have to expect it as the Spice Gals were one of those groups you either brutally hated, or, overly adored, I'm with the latter majority.The Spice Girls were a huge part of my growing up, Their music comforted many a depression, and This Movie made me smile!!!, Even after 9 whole years queuing up on that freezing cold boxing day to see my laydee idols in action cinematic styleee!
Come on all Spice Girls fans let's try to remove the Spice World movie from the bottom 100 , we can do it.
Great for Spice Girls Fans and nostalgic people - not sure about everyone else!.
The only ridiculously unbelievable part of this movie is the bad guy, who wants to see the demise of the Spice Girls.
I couldn't even think out things to yell at it...it's one of those movies you just watch in disbelief that something this terrible could be filmed and released.
Newsflash: the people who would willingly watch this would most likely be just as happy with a 90-minute compilation of music videos or live performances; they don't care about the film itself.
I'm not saying that every single Spice Girls fan hated, or even disliked the film itself(I'm not even claiming that one single fan didn't enjoy seeing the girls being "themselves"); what I am saying is that they wouldn't have cared if this feature was a 90-minute long music video, instead of the barely coherent mess that the movie is.
But, back to the point I was trying to make; the film is a Spice Girls movie.
All in all, the film have little to offer(apart from one or two clever references and some good self-parodying in one or two places) to anyone but Spice Girls fans.
But once in a while, a film like this should be making people laugh, not moan about the million things wrong with it.I haven't watched this flick in ages, but yesterday I was in a "take-a-look-at-stuff-from-the-past" mood, found the tape whilst doing my spring cleaning, and so I popped the tape in.
I was a little biased the last time I watched it, being an 8 year old Spice Girls fanatic, but this time I took the film into serious consideration.
Ohmigod!!!!The media slammed this film and made The Spice Girls look like utter laughing stocks.
But, if you're not a fan of the Spice Girls, DO NOT watch this movie.
Not even a five year old girl would like this movie.
I think that for any Spice Girls fan, this was a great movie.
I'm a guy and I remember i watched this movie because i thought Baby Spice was hot and then i found myself laughing my a** off.Plot: Spice girls have five days to prepare for their first live gig and they meet the most wackiest characters on earth.OK yeah there is no plot but it doesn't matter.
The jokes and the characters keep me laughing and having a fun time.Bottom line: THE BEST BAD MOVIE EVER!Grade: ***/****.
Me and my friends use to each be one of the spice girls and we would recite every word of the movie and sing every song.
the Spice Girls were never going to make a high-brow movie.I love this piece of fluff for it being just that...
"Spice Girls" What good memories does those two words bring back?I remember renting this when I was seven years of age with my best friends, happily enjoying a kiddie sleepover.
If you were young at the time and loved the Spice Girls, then by all means watch it for those memories.
I was a fan of the spice girls, and their acting wasn't to to bad.
I never thought the Spice girls would be in a movie till this came out, it was pretty unexpected.Overall this move wasn't extremely bad, it was more like aimed at a certain audience..
I loved this movie when I was younger; I just find the Spice Girls to be fun.
For example, how many people, at any point in time, actually enjoyed watching one of their movies?
Being a massive Spice Girls fan when they were popular (I was a mere 12- or 13-year-old at the time), I really enjoyed the movie.
It doesn't really take a lot to sum it up, as there is next to no plot, but be it known: Spice Girls fans will adore this movie.
I think the film Spice World was a very well done movie!
I think people that really crush the movie are probably just upset because they always dissed the Spice Girls and the Spice Girls have succeeded in making a truly great film!
In this movie the Spice Girls show that if they want to do their own thing they will.
If you are not a Spice Girls fan or if you expect something serious you are not gonna like this movie for ovbious reasons.
People just want to slag them off cos they were huge and they made mistakes but don't care for what they represented, marketed or not.But if you are a Spice Girls fan or like them you must have noticed that a lot of the things from this movie have become true, therefore it is really funny to watch it now a days...
So people, if you like Europe, or England, or if you're a guy who needs a good movie with lots and lots of pretty English girls in it, then this is the one!
I think the movie does a good job of depicting a week in the life of the SG but too much of the film is spent with utter silliness and stupidity with their "Girl Power" stuff.
The fans just repeat themselves: I love the Spice Girls, I love this movie.
In the film, we only get to see the Spice Girls singing their songs.
However, the movie really doesn't have a lot for most people, apart from the songs for fans, and sadly, that is not enough to make up for the extremely poor quality of "Spice World"..
It's a fun movie with lots of Girl Power, which is great because it shows how good of a time even 25 year old women can have singing songs about "My Boy Lollipop" on a speedboat with a couple 10 year olds!
(possible spoilers...I don't know if I have to say this)First of all I don't hate Spice Girls, their music is OK but this movie isn't worth any time unless you are some home sick 12 year old kid.