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This Is Spinal Tap
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #532
- IMDb #434
- Rotten Tomatoes #82
- Metacritic #148
- Letterboxd #835
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #92
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #315
- Metacritic Critics #128
- Metacritic Audience #419
- Criticker #332
- Douban #1297
- Kinopoisk #3063
- AlloCiné #1915
- Trakt #1052
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98. Critics average 95, everyone else 78.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A documentary crew follows the aging English heavy metal band Spinal Tap on their tumultuous concert tour across America. The film captures the escalating mishaps and internal tensions within the group as they struggle with their fading fame. From malfunctioning stage props to artistic disagreements and personal conflicts, the tour reveals the absurd and often heartbreaking world of rock and roll behind the curtain.
Details
- Director
- Rob Reiner
- Writers
- Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner
- Released
- 2 March 1984
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Japanese
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Box office
- $6.1M
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Awards
3 wins & 2 nominations total
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