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Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierce Brosnan
Rated: PG-13
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My expectations were nil when I sat down – the lone occupant of the showing – to watch this Streep-Brosnan comedy. They were not high, and they were not low. I did not even realize it was a musical until the first song made an appearance. To say I shuddered is an understatement. I normally dislike musicals because they are often quite pretentious. Mamma Mia! was a most pleasant surprise.
From the beginning, this movie dispenses with any pretensions to high aspirations. Everyone in it seems to be determined to have fun, critics be damned. And while it will never be remembered as a classic of cinema (or even a classic of cinematic camp, for that matter), the movie entertains from beginning to end.
Amanda Seyfried is Sophie Sheridan, a 20-year-old intent on finding her father before her marriage to her swarthily handsome beau. She lives with her mother, Donna (Meryl Streep, in an interesting role), on a small Greek island. Her mother, much to Sophie’s delight, has recorded in a diary three dalliances that she had around the time of what would have been Sophie’s conception. Sophie sends wedding invitations to all three men, and general mayhem ensues when all three show up. The campy-ness of the movie is, I believe, intentional, and adds greatly to the entertainment value of the movie. I laughed out loud several times, which I rarely find myself doing at any modern comedic movie. Certainly, not everyone will find the campy-ness endearing, but I definitely did.
Much has been made (at least amongst the reviewers I read) of the rough singing voices of the various stars. In my view, this only further enhances the movie’s charm. Pierce Brosnan (as one of the three potential fathers) is not an awful singer, but the fact that he is not a great one makes the movie vastly more accessible. In the end, it is the ensemble assembled in the casting of this movie that causes me to recommend it to the viewing public. From Donna’s two friends (the other 2/3 of the hilarious 70s pseudo-group, “Donna and the Dynamos"), to Sophie’s other two would-be dads, the cast is almost uniformly outstanding. I recommend that any guys whose girlfriends are dying to see the movie, take them. You might just end up laughing out loud a bit yourself.
Reviewed by K. Scott Bailey
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TheRealMT
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for women only,a definite girly movie.
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NICCINC
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Best movie I have watched in a long time! I went with my bestfriend, my mom, and grandmother....must watch "chic flick"
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Daddy P
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Loved it! Laughed out loud several times. Loved Pierce Brosnan's terrible singing.
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At A Crossroad
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We loved this movie!!!!!
the music was from abba whom I absouloutly adored when I was a teenager and still like.
If you like good musicals go see this moie
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Satan
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that's 1hour and 45 minutes i'll never get back
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