Saturday 9th April 2011
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Year: 2008
Stars: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Dominic Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellen Skarsgard
Everything you've heard about Mamma Mia! is true. It has a lot of singing, a lot of ABBA songs, and a lot of feel-good, cheery scenes. If you hate ABBA, or musicals, you're gonna hate this. With a passion.
There is a semblance of a plot here. Sophie (Seyfried) is about to get married to Sky (Cooper), and wants to find her real dad. So she invites them all (there are three possibilities) to her wedding.
Yes, its' cheesy. Yes, there are a lot of ABBA songs sledge hammered in so they fit. But its fun, and it made me smile (the Greek setting and sunshine did help here, admittedly). An unfortunate side-effect is that I still have ABBA songs in my head.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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