Monday, December 15, 2014

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)


Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DeBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.

Amusing and entertaining 'rockumentary'  so professionally staged one could imagine it being a true documentary about a real rock band; even the music seems genuine.

Halliwell****: "Witty, wickedly accurate satire that skewers the pretensions of rock musicians and their hangers-on, done in documentary style. It hits its target with total precision."

Maltin***: "Admirably precise parody of a rock documentary...cunning satire through and through, though not always terribly funny."


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