Mamma Mia! has an exclamation in its title for a reason: it just wants to shout out its sense of fun. The film is buoyantly unpretentious and proclaims at the top of its voice, "Take me as I am."
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08/13/08
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Mamma Mia! (2008)
54 %
Reviews Counted: 148 Fresh: 80 Rotten:68 Average Rating: 5.6/10
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This jukebox musical is full of fluffy fun but rough singing voices and a campy tone might not make you feel like "You Can Dance" the whole 90 minutes.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Theatrical Release: Jul 18, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $124,469,900
Synopsis: MAMMA MIA became a Broadway smash when it hit Broadway back in 2001. With a story framed around the music of the Swedish pop band Abba, crowds loved its raucous, dance party vibe. Now it comes to the silver screen, with some truly delightful performances from the likes of Meryl Streep and Pierce... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Screenwriter: Catherine Johnson
Producer: Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman
Composer: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus
Screenwriter: Catherine Johnson
Producer: Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman
Composer: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus
Reviews
The music is as great now as it was 30 years ago, a true testament to ABBA's continued popularity.
08/08/08
Nusicals traditionally rely rather heavily on things like singing and dancing; but what stage director Phyllida Lloyd throws onto the screen could better be described as "singing" and "dancing."
08/01/08
I tapped my foot, I smiled, and I found myself undeniably amused. If that's the kind of experience you're looking for, and if you dig ABBA, this crazy, sloppy, mixed-up movie might just be for you.
07/30/08
Shot on location in Greece, but the way Meryl Streep tears through the scenery, you'd think she was in a giant reptile suit on the back lot at Toho.
07/25/08
The big-screen Mamma Mia! rises above its flaws through an A-list leading lady and, like its stage-musical predecessor, skillful exploitation of the both fun and pathos in Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' undeniable music.
07/25/08
Lacking the punch or creativity of the stage musical, this sunny, but not very funny adaptation is short on vocal prowess and choreography.
07/24/08
A dinky, dreary lump that is too lazy to offend the intellect and too uninspired to cause even a cackle of audience derision.
07/23/08
Unless you buy into this ersatz jubilance and its grim determination to make you feel good, you're apt to long for a tranquilizer gun by the 20-minute mark.
07/22/08
There might not be anything as utterly dispiriting as watching people pretending to have fun, and that is quite literally the only card the movie has to play.
07/22/08
You could spend all week eating bacon at a pig farm and still find more ham in "Mamma Mia!," an irrepressible, unstoppable kaleidoscope of karaoke camp gone berserk that features a cast happily mainlining ABBA's songbook.
07/22/08
Terrible jokes in a movie that is nonetheless hilarious. You will laugh at, not with, Mamma Mia.
07/22/08
This is entertainment, not a movie. And as entertainment goes, Mamma Mia! belts it out of the park.
07/22/08
The movie gets by on sheer exuberance. Your appreciation of it, I suspect, will strongly depend on your mood and the enthusiasm of the audience members around you.
07/22/08
I love musicals and I love ABBA, so I was really excited for this movie. I pretty much got what I deserved.
07/21/08
It is not merely that Pierce Brosnan cannot sing; it is that he looks so uncomfortable doing it.
07/21/08
There is a whole lot of screaming, giggling and squealing in this film, and that's just the men. Seriously, this is a chick flick.
07/21/08
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