Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
Director: Rob Reiner
Stars: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/
Watched online, good print.
17 songs in the Soundtracks, 16 written by 1 or more of the 4 principal actors.
I can understand why this is rated 8.0 by almost 117k IMDb voters. I've seen this more than once before, so nothing is new, and the milieu is uninteresting, so the humor falls flat for me.
The one moment I liked today: given that this British band started in the mop-top 60s, and evolved through at least 1 other style before going heavy metal, I did find it amusing that losing their lead guitarist made them toy with jazz for a bit (and it sounded good for the few notes they played.) But that was so far afield that it was funny.
So, a shrug from me.
distr. Embassy, dir. Reiner; 6
