Admit it, deep down inside there is a closet Abba fan inside you, just waiting to burst into Dancing Queen. Okay, maybe not but there are enough people that the long running musical Mamma Mia is now a full length movie. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd and adapted for the screen by Catherine Jones, the movie features a star studded cast.
Set in one of the beautiful Greek isles, Mamma Mia is the story of Sophie, who decides impetuously to find out who her father is, in order to have him walk her down the aisle during her wedding. Unfortunately her task is made complicated by the fact that Donna, her mother has never told her who he is and there are three possible candidates for the role. She takes things in hands by sending invitations to the three potential fathers without her mother’s knowledge. Chaos ensues when the three men descend on the island and Donna is confronted with the past.
This is a simple enough story that is told through a number of Abba songs. There is no shortage of exuberance in the movie as the characters burst into song and dance their way to the island. Meryl Streep is incandescent as Donna and she really goes all the way with her singing. I’ve just found another reason to adore Ms. Streep who seems to be excellent whatever role she is playing. Her gal pals played by Christine Baranski and Julie Walters were as well in top form. Of course this being a movie on love, we can’t neglect the trio of fathers played respectively by Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard. Watching the three, one gets the sense that they had enormous fun filming the movie though I have to say that I didn’t think that Colin Firth was particularly convincing in his role. T
All in all this is a fun feel good movie that will have you humming Abba all the way home.
Set in one of the beautiful Greek isles, Mamma Mia is the story of Sophie, who decides impetuously to find out who her father is, in order to have him walk her down the aisle during her wedding. Unfortunately her task is made complicated by the fact that Donna, her mother has never told her who he is and there are three possible candidates for the role. She takes things in hands by sending invitations to the three potential fathers without her mother’s knowledge. Chaos ensues when the three men descend on the island and Donna is confronted with the past.
This is a simple enough story that is told through a number of Abba songs. There is no shortage of exuberance in the movie as the characters burst into song and dance their way to the island. Meryl Streep is incandescent as Donna and she really goes all the way with her singing. I’ve just found another reason to adore Ms. Streep who seems to be excellent whatever role she is playing. Her gal pals played by Christine Baranski and Julie Walters were as well in top form. Of course this being a movie on love, we can’t neglect the trio of fathers played respectively by Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard. Watching the three, one gets the sense that they had enormous fun filming the movie though I have to say that I didn’t think that Colin Firth was particularly convincing in his role. T
All in all this is a fun feel good movie that will have you humming Abba all the way home.
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