This Is Spinal Tap
55% across 38 head-to-head matchups is a strong record on its own. What makes This Is Spinal Tap unusual is that the number actually understates how it performs when it matters most. Supporters decide in 2.6s. Opponents linger at 3.5s — rejecting it costs more thought than choosing it.
Synopsis
"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 semifinal dip to 42% is real, but it doesn't define This Is Spinal Tap. What defines it is the 80% final — a recovery that most films in this position never manage.
Against Misery, This Is Spinal Tap wins 75%. Not much of a contest.
Inconceivable! Rob Reiner's Golden Age: This Is Spinal Tap clears Stand by Me in the opening round and dispatches Misery at 75% in the final. A convincing start-to-finish run.
This Is Spinal Tap is one of Rob Reiner's strongest bracket performers — #3 of 8, trailing only The Princess Bride (78%).
#3 of 8 in Inconceivable! Rob Reiner's Golden Age.
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