This Is Spinal Tap
Directed by Rob Reiner
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
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This Is Spinal Tap Ratings & Reviews
- CamFlixxx16 August 2025Why don’t the stars go to 11?!?
- adhd.rocks24 February 2026watching this on the criterion edition with the directors commentary makes it even funnier because then you realize how much of this movie was improvised.
- Anthony Czarnik8 April 2025C'mon. You already know it's the best. 😎
- Luffy29 September 2025Wife did not enjoy
- DANNYZUKO7829 January 2026WELL, IF YOU'VE BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK, I HAVE SOME REALLY BAD NEWS FOR YOU OUR VERY BELOVED ROB REINER HAS PASSED. I WATCHED THIS IN MEMORY OF ROB. IT'S A VERY GOOD MOVIE, BUT I WISH I WAS WATCHING FOR SOMETHING BETTER BUT I DID LOVE ROB AND HIS WIFE. I DON'T LIKE ONE THING ABOUT HIM HE CAN'T MAKE LIKE BOY WHY IS ALL OF HIS MOVIES GOOD.😞 BUT AS THE NEWS HAVEING I WAS WATCHING SOMETHING WITH HIS DAD CARL REINER. I FEEL BAD FOR THE REINER FAMILY I HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING OK. I HAVEN'T LOST MY MOM OR DAD SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS LIKE TO HAVE HAPPEN. BUT RIP 🙏 ROB AND MICHELE REINER.
- SandyOlson788 January 2026RIP Rob Reiner. I didn't know that Fran Drescher was in it, love her. I love Michael McKean, too. I don't know much about metal or rock'n'roll or whatever the music is, so I don't know if this would be funny to fans of that kind of music, but I did think that it had its funny moments.
- Rob MacKinnon22 September 2025“Listen, we’d love to stand around and chat, but we gotta sit down in the lobby and wait for the limo.”
- Nookie La La2 October 2025Classic & ground breaking for that time. This Rockumentary goes to 11
- Don the Darth Knight CORLEONE20 July 2025It's hilarious and one of if not the best mockumentaries of all time!
- Charles Scott19 December 2025It simply did not speak to me.
- Benjamin Adams14 December 2025This one definitely goes to eleven.
- chelog19 September 2025Not for me
- Todd Dale2 September 2025To use the great movie critic Roger Ebert. It simply, slyly, destroys one level of rock pomposity after another.
- bogometer1 June 2025Watched it again after many years. It still rocks!
- pdesorcy26 November 2024But, this one goes to Eleven!
This Is Spinal Tap Trivia
This Is Spinal Tap was released on 2 March 1984.
This Is Spinal Tap was directed by Rob Reiner.
This Is Spinal Tap has a runtime of 82m.
This Is Spinal Tap was produced by Karen Murphy.
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
The key characters in This Is Spinal Tap are Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer).
This Is Spinal Tap is rated 15.
This Is Spinal Tap is a Comedy, Music film.
This Is Spinal Tap has an audience rating of 9.2 out of 10.
This Is Spinal Tap had a budget of US$2.5M.
This Is Spinal Tap has made US$6.1M at the box office.