This Is Spinal Tap
Film details
| Film Title | This Is Spinal Tap |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 82mins |
| Year | 1984 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Director | Rob Reiner |
| Actors | Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, June Chadwick, Bruno Kirby, Ed Begley Jr., Fran Drescher, Dana Carvey, Sandy Helberg, Billy Crystal, Paul Benedict, Howard Hesseman, Russ Kunkel, Joyce Hyser |
| Language | English, Japanese |
| AKA | Chris Guest & Ned Flanders sing Sex Farm |
| Showings |
“This Is Spinal Tap” shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
Rob Reiner’s 41-year-old cult classic This Is Spinal Tap still works as a quietly hilarious mockumentary of rock music and its stars.
★★★★★
This is Spinal Tap is hilarious to everyone who’s not a musician. Because as ridiculous and perverse as Rob Reiner’s heavy metal mockumentary gets, the slim, 82-minute comedy gnaws at more truths than any other rock ‘n’ roll biopic put to celluloid.
★★★★★
Reiner’s brilliantly inventive script and smart visuals avoid all the obvious pitfalls, making this one of the funniest ever films about the music business.
★★★★★
