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This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give This Is Spinal Tap (1984) a score of 3.1145 out of 4

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The (Georgetown) Hoya

A 1984 parody posing as a documentary, This is Spinal Tap is a welcome raunchy riff from the bygone days of heavy metal dominance. Big hair. Full volume. Tall egos. Sophomoric lyrics. God-awful clothes. Spinal Tap captures the camp that infused music 20 ...read the complete This Is Spinal Tap movie review at The (Georgetown) Hoya

Boxoffice Magazine

This Is Spinal Tap" is about as funny and on-target as parody gets. But like all parody, it requires a certain frame of mind to be appreciated and is hardly what you'd call univeral. In the case of "Spinal Tap," the audience might be limited to ...read the complete This Is Spinal Tap movie review at Boxoffice Magazine

6nema

Un reportage sur les coulisses du World Tour d'un groupe de heavy metal imaginaire, alternant interview, scÃ¨nes de con- certs et vue des coulisses. Un journaliste (dont on notera la casquette qui signale le fan de l'US Navy) montre les dÃ©boires d'un ...read the complete This Is Spinal Tap movie review at 6nema