...can't help being fun.
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07/25/08
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Mamma Mia! (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 144 Fresh: 77 Rotten:67 Average Rating: 5.6/10
Consensus:
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]
Theatrical Release: Jul 18, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $27,751,240
Synopsis: Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to movie audiences, Summer 2008 is the... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, 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
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
The legal definition of torture has been much aired in recent years, and I take Mamma Mia! to be a useful contribution to that debate.
07/21/08
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Mamma Mia! is a delightful crowd pleaser, evidenced by the enthusiastic applause I heard at the smash ending.
07/21/08
It's a magical movie. Just as fun as a movie based on a musical based on ABBA songs involving a wedding with assorted misunderstandings set on a fairy tale Greek island should be. What a tragedy if it were a bore (besides, 'Tragedy' is a Bee Gees song ).
07/20/08
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