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Directed By
Phyllida Lloyd
Written By:
Catherine Johnson
Cast:
Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Christine Baranski, Enzo Squillino Jr., Juan Pablo Di Pace, Dylan Turner, George Georgiou, Chris Jarvis, Ashley Lilley, Norma Atallah, Clare Louise Connolly
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Mamma Mia! (2008)
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Movie Review by Jeff 
July 28th, 2008
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Come on now critics! What is the problem here? I can't tell you how many scathing or at the very least negative reviews of this movie. What did people expect? It's a movie musical set to ABBA music based on the Broadway production. You want to know what I think? That a lot of these reviews were written before the movie even came out. Why do these critics hate ABBA? Come now come.
I saw this movie as well as the stage version and loved both. The movie did the stage version justice if not more so. Meryl Streep and the gang including Pierce Brosnan, Christine Boransky, Julie Walters and Colin Firth all did a phenomanal job. It is a feel good movie musical. This was not going to be THE PAINTED VEIL or something along those lines. It takes place on a Greek Island in the middle of aqua blue waters and pure white sandy buildings with dance numbers. I read one review that says only see it if you like ABBA music, well um, yeah, but that's like saying only see THE DARK KNIGHT if you like Batman. So let me get this straight, if I like ABBA I should see the ABBA musical, if I don't you are saying to pass? Hmmm, sounds like a pretty good idea.
The story is a very simple story of young girl getting married and wanting to find out who her to father is before the wedding. She finds her mother's (Streep) diary to find she has a potential three fathers based on a promiscuous summer her mother had. So she sends them each an invite from her mother unbeknown to her and the story unfurls from there.
It is a fun, summer romp and everything is there including the energy that the original stage version connects with its audience leaving them dancing in the aisles. Just remember if you are not an ABBA fan do not go see the ABBA movie. As if I needed to say something so blatantly obvious.
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