Spice World

PG

Released Jan 23, 1998

1 hr. 32 min.

Musical

Comedy

List

35%

69 Reviews

Tomatometer

45%

100,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Hang on to your knickers, pump up your platforms and fasten your seat belts, because the Spice Girls - Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice) and Victoria Addams (Posh Spice) - are taking center stage in their feature film debut "Spice World," a roller coaster ride which will spice up your life and open your eyes very wide!

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Critics Consensus

Spice World's lack of cohesive plot will likely lose most viewers, but for fans of the titular girl group there's more than enough fun to be had in their wacky -- albeit superficial -- whirlwind of an adventure.

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Tim W

I was unsure how Spice World could even compare to a movie like Stuart Little 2. I had my doubts but came into this viewing experience with an open mind. As I leaned into a lovesac with my partner, right from the opening credits, my jaw fell to the floor. I was mesmerized. I knew I was in for one of the most brilliant and entertaining performances of modern cinema. Bravo, 100% fresh.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/24

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Owen H

It's a spice girl movie. Stop expecting so much. It had them, their music and it was colourful and funny. All you could really ask for really.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/24

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Julie R

It's a goofy movie! Hardly a plot at all, but if your a long time fan. You don't need one. It's goofy fun in a world of chaos

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/02/24

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Derek L

I get the fact that the Spice Girls were such a massive icon during the 90's, however Spice World was an absolute trainwreck with poor writing and a messy plot and bland script that makes very little sense from beginning to end.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/21/23

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Ryan M

If you grew up as a fan of the Spice Girls, you will thoroughly enjoyed this movie for the satirical but intimate sugar rush that it is. Even if you weren't a Spice Girls fan but grew up in the era of pop music existing as a money making machine in the late 90s, you will appreciate this film for it's self awareness as it parodies this. This film is a fever dream, complete with alien abduction, that represents the chaotic life of being the world's biggest girl group in an age on the cusp of social media - yet distinctly before it existed. I don't think there will ever be the same degree of pandemonium around a girl group like there was the Spice Girls. And for that - this movie exists as a relic of that era not to be forgotten about.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/10/23

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Bunny T

One word: nostalgia.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/11/23

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Bob Spiers

Director

The Spice Girls

Themselves

Richard E. Grant

Clifford

Alan Cumming

Piers Cuthbertson-Smyth

George Wendt

Martin Barnfield

Claire Rushbrook

Deborah

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Mike Clark

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Can the Spice Girls act beyond their assigned personas? World doesn't stop spinning long enough to answer.

Rated: 1.5/4

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Paul Tatara

CNN.com

"What's the plot?" you may be asking. Well so am I.

Jun 21, 2016

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

A promotional tool that establishes its superfluousness simply by existing, this clumsy, smirking movie has a bitter soul.

Jun 21, 2016

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Wesley Lovell

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The girls themselves sometimes have a chemistry, but are normally annoying paper-thin characters, but still quite fun.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 7, 2023

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Joe Lipsett

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The film would do well to trust the girls, who have great fun playing caricatures, rather than padding the film with a series of unconnected cameos. The result is a madcap, but often overwhelming comedy.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 22, 2022

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Chase Burns

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

I was struck by how well it stands up-the pacing is better than you'd expect-and also how fantastical it is...

Feb 1, 2022

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Synopsis

Hang on to your knickers, pump up your platforms and fasten your seat belts, because the Spice Girls - Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice) and Victoria Addams (Posh Spice) - are taking center stage in their feature film debut "Spice World," a roller coaster ride which will spice up your life and open your eyes very wide!

Director: Bob Spiers
Executive Producer: Simon Fuller
Screenwriter: Kim Fuller, Jamie Curtis
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Fragile Films, Columbia Pictures, Icon Entertainment International, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Rating: PG (Some Vulgarity|Language|Brief Nudity)
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 23, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 25, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $29.6M
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, SDDS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)