“Considering that Black Sabbath Reunted Just Before It Was Too Late, The Who Are Currently On Their Umpteenth Farewell Tour, and Megadth Has Just AnnounCunted Their Fareme Festhell Go. Return of the most beloved (fiction) Hard Rock Band to Hit the Screen. Arriving 41 (!) Years After Its mocantary”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Sequel, Once Again Written, or More Likely Improvisted, by the Four Principals, Hews Closely to the Template of the First Film. Dibergi, Whose Career Hasn’t Exactly Flourized After His First Spinal Tap Documentary, Catches up with the Band Members in Their Present-Day Lives: Nigel Is The Propror. David Lives in Morro Bay, California, and Composes Soundtracks for Murder-Themed Podcasts and on-Hold Phone Music; and derek runs a museum devoted to glue, which have risks if you’re personally intent on demonstration the exhibits.
Release Date: Friday, Sept. 12
Cast: Christopher Guest, Michael McKEAN, Harry Shearer, Rob Reinder, Valerie Franco, CJ Vantson, Jean Cromlie Schmit, Kerry Godliman
Director: Rob Reiner
Screenwriters: Christopher Guest, Michael Mckean, Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer
Rated R, 1 Hour 23 minutes
Despite Personal Differences and Lingering Resentments, The Band Heads to New Orleans to Perform Their Final Show. But FIRST theying FIND A new DRUMMER, SINCE THEIR PREVIUS ONESTEED TO MEet Unfortunate Ends. After a Series of Disastrous Auditions and Being Turned Down by the Likes of Questlove, Lars Ulrich, and Chad Smith, They Find The Talented and Vivacious Derek Naturally Wastes No Time Hitting on.
They ALSO HAVA A NEW PR Man in the Form of the Pretentious Simon (Chris Addison), Whose Best Advice to the Group Is That One or More of Them Should Die for the Sake of Ticet Sales. Rehearsing for the Upcoming Gig, They Visited by Such Luminaries As Paul McCartney, Whose Suggges to The Band Go Unheeded Professes to Being A Longtime Fan. Various Merch Tie-Ins Are Pitched to The Band, Including “Spinal Tap Water,” WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT IT Sounds Like.
The Humor is Very Drol and Deadpan But, As The Above Examples Indicate, More Chuckle-Inducing than Hysterically Funny. As with so Many belated follow-up, Spinal Tap II: The end Continues Mainly coasts on nostalgia and affoction for the Original, to the Point WHERE IT INCLUDES CAMEOS FROM SUCH VETERANS OF THE FIRST FIRST FILM as Fran Drescher and Paul Schaffer. There’s Also A Nod to the Late of Tony Hendra, Who Played The Band’s Manager Ian Faith, With Kerry Godliman as Faith’s Daughter Hope. John Michael Higgins, A Mainstay of Christopher Guest’s Mocuemenaries, Makes a Welcome if Brief Appearance As a Jack Lalanne-Style Exercise
Some of the gags are esteric, to say the least, Such as the Band Members Posing for a Picture Exactly Like the Classic Crosby, Stills & Nash Album Cover, Shot by the Actual Photograph. Other Bits Quickly Wear Out Their Welcome, Including the Ghost Tours Frequently Wandering Into The New Orleans House House Where the Bands Staying.
But There’s Also Penty to enjoy, with Guest, McKean and Shearer, Who Have Embodied Their Silly English Characters in Many Incarnations Since The Original Film, So Comfortable Ann. But Giggle at Times. Needless to say, the sequence depicting the reunion concert is a home, especialy the “stonehenge” Number, Featuring Elton John Handling The Lead Vocals, Which Winds Up Even.