Mamma Mia!

2008 "A mother. A daughter. Three possible fathers. A trip down the aisle you'll never forget."
6.5| 1h48m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 18 July 2008 Released
Producted By: Internationale Filmproduktion Richter
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.mammamiamovie.com
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Donna Sheridan, an independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on a Greek island, is preparing for her daughter's wedding, along with the help of her two old friends, Tanya and Rosie. Meanwhile Sophie, the spirited bride, has a plan. She secretly invites three of her mother's ex-lovers - Sam, Harry, and Bill - in hope of finding her biological father and having him escort her down the aisle on her big day.

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Prismark10 The pop group Abba did produce great songs and their music has lasted. My daughter loved Abba even when she was a toddler, she was born years after the band had broken up. I had to book tickets for the musical Mamma Mia on a visit to London some years ago because she kept pestering us and she was only 5 years old at the time. This film adaptation of the musical consists of Abba's greatest hits wrapped around a thin story. It really is a greatest hits musical and if you think about it, some of the main cast (Meryl Streep) are too old for the role.Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is getting married in her idyllic Greek island and wants to invite her father. However she has no idea who he is. Her mother Donna (Meryl Streep) had three lovers in a short space of time when she was a young woman and then fell pregnant. Donna has raised Sophie on her own and also ran a dilapidated hotel.By looking at her mum's diary Sophie has tracked down the three men, Bill (Stellan Skarsgard) Harry (Colin Firth) Sam (Pierce Brosnan) and invited them to the island who all come looking for Donna.Obviously Donna would had been a teenager when she had her lovers making her a woman in her early 40s when Sophie gets married. The film is cheesy fun but the songs do come thick and first almost to paper over the cracks in the story and in Donna's hotel. You cannot help getting involved with the fun and silliness as well as listening to Brosnan's singing. You have to laugh at Christine Baranski and Judy Walters trying to entice the men.
Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "Mamma Mia!" is an American (and more) 105-minute movie from 2008 and the title makes obvious already that the focus here is on the Swedish band ABBA, a highly successful band that just announced a comeback. Their work is never considered about the most influential or best from all time or their era, but with the fun spirit and impact on society it is the favorite band of oh so many. Right now a sequel is coming to theaters, so I thought it would be a good occasion to finally watch this first film we have here. Director is Phyllida Lloyd and writer is Catherine Johnson, who adapted her own musical book for the screen here and so you could say it's not exactly in favor of these two that the film is still considered their most known and most successful work a decade later. Aside from all the songs, we are getting the story of a young woman about to get married and she invites her three potential fathers for the wedding with her mother not knowing one bit about it. The latter is played by Meryl Streep and the more I see from her, the mosre disappointed I am. I was actually quite a fan a few years ago. i guess her Golden Globe nomination here can only be explained that she is not as bad a singer as everybody else here, especially the three men who were part of her life a long time ago. These are played by a former Bond, a (now) Oscar winner and one of Sweden's finest fitting the subject. But despite their talent, not one of them has the material to shine. It's all about Streep and ABBA I guess, at least the latter can somewhat be justified. What else is there to say. The film is pretty much whatg I expected in terms of the story quality, maybe even worse sadly, but there is not one moment that stands out. Baranski is also such a good actress and what we see from her here is just ridiculously embarrassing. The rushed-in gay story line at the end is kinda embarrassing too, but not as embarrassing as these moments when the film really tries to take itself seriously in terms of father-daughter relationships, the daughter not wanting to end up like the mother, the daughter struggling all of a sudden with her soon-to-be husband etc. None of this is working and I wish i could say instead you should just appreciate the movie for the lighter moments, but these are just as weak and often feel fake, especially the many cringeworthy sex references. I am normally a big musical movie lover and I also like ABBA quite a bit, but the performances here are so poor that they make it painfully obvious how empty and vain some ABBA songs are when not given the right approach. It's almost a delight when the film is over and you hear the music from the actual band, not the actors, but of course this will not make up for everything that went wrong in the previous 100 minutes before the closing credits. not at all. So skip this movie and just watch some old ABBA concert footage instead. I read that the sequel actually got better reviews, so I am a bit curious. But then again, it does not need to be great exactly to turn out better than this one here. Thumbs down without a doubt. Don't watch.
chitwtay It's this huge deal- but why? The ending is pretty dumb and it's a waste of time. I'd skip it and pretend you watched it.
rogersemma13 A true classic that I love watching over and over again.