Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
First screened in December 2025
Director: Rob Reiner. Cast: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Kerry Godliman, Chris Addison, Valerie Franco, Nina Conti, Paul McCartney, Questlove, Elton John, Fran Drescher, Paul Shaffer, June Chadwick, Robert Walker Branchaud, Chad Smith, Lars Ulrich, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood. Screenplay: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner, and Harry Shearer (based on characters created by the same team in This Is Spinal Tap).

   
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In Brief: No sense of purpose or focus to this decades-later return. Flat jokes and mixed-bag celeb cameos.

VOR:   Too sad to rate this a "1," which it probably deserves. Having seen it feels a lot like not having seen it. Very brief flashes of former glory.

Grade: C–


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