Spice Girls’ big-screen debut lacks cinematic flavor
By Chad Lorenz
Film. Critic
Anyone who has visited a sorority
house after a day of baby-sitting and
cheerleading practice has a pretty
good flavor for the Spice Girls’ film,
“Spice World.”
Unfortunately, the plot follows
about the same progression.
The adventures of Ginger, Sporty,
Scary, Posh and Baby are about as
exciting as their barely intelligible
accents.
The girls, who live in a sugar
coated fantasy world of glitzy gleam,
struggle to find the balance between
having fun and practicing their third
grade humor while maintaining their
rigorous schedule of playing dress-up
for photo shoots, dancing with studs
in tight, bum-exposing pants, and
flirting with extraterrestrial fans.
And as if life traveling in the
plush playground of the Spice Girls’
double-decker bus isn’t bad enough, a
sinister British tabloid photographer
is intent on turning their public com
ments and playfulness into the next
day’s scandalous headlines.
Their escapades are overshad
owed constantly by fear of the
Backlash, where they are charged
with “releasing a single worse than
their first,” and condemned to “enter
ing the charts at 179, then dropping
off the next week.”
But the ra-ra optimism of Girl
Power keeps the Spice Girls from let
ting the pressures of the pop world
lighten the flavor of their lollipops.
The humor of the other ridiculous
entourage members pursuing the girls
ranges from bizarre to juvenile. A
documentary crew’s effort to make
drama out of Spice silliness falls flat.
A film writer and producer hound the
group’s manager with wacked-out
film ideas that get more ridiculous
until their “best” idea matches the
goings-on of the actual movie.
The only comic saving grace is
the surreal cameos from Roger
Moore, the record chief, who enters
the storyline through ominous phone
calls to the group’s uptight manager.
Shown in his dark, sterile office
stroking various small farm animals,
the chief makes his demands and
offers cryptic advice to the manager
while sipping on his shaken-not
stirred martinis. Directors probably
hoped other cameo appearances from
Elvis Costello, Meatloaf and Elton
John would validate the film as a seri
ous effort. Instead, let’s hope it does
n’t ruin their careers.
The film’s only redeeming quali
ties are that, one, die music is kept to
a minimum, and two, that all viewers
must admit, the girls are too cute and
adorable to vehemently despise.
Behind the giggles and mindless
chatter, the platform shoes and bum
hugging outfits, the girls just want to
-—,
The Facts
Tttto:-Spice WoiW
Stars: Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton,
Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Victoria
Adams
Director: Bob Spiers
Rating: PG
Grade: D
Five Words: Sugar-coated, slumber party
silliness
)e loved.
But for moviegoers hoping the
catch a peek up Posh Spice’s dress or
a deep shot of Ginger’s cleavage,
you’re better off seeing a real porn
movie.
And, the music’s better.
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