Advantages: Fun, great acting and all the classic songs Disadvantages: Some will not like the amount of singing
A few nights ago I went to see this film at the cinema with my mum and I thought I would share my thoughts on the film.
The story:
The film follows the storyline of Sophie who lives with her mum and fiance on the island of Greece and is getting married. She wants her father to give her away but, the problem is she doesn't know who he is! So she reads her mums diary from years back and discovers it could be one of three men. So determined to find ... ...the wedding in the hope that once she sees them she will instantly recognise her father. However her mum Donna knows nothing about Sophie sending these invites and so is not expecting all of them to turn up for the wedding. Along with her old friends Rosie and Tanya form her band 'Donna and the Dynamo's' she tries to get rid of them for the wedding. What will happen when they find out why they're really here and will Sophie find out which one is ...
frankiecesca 27.07.2008 (26.07.2008)
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Advantages: really funny, heartwarming good old fashioned fun! Disadvantages: Pierce Brosnan...actually nah, its fantastic!
...far, the best characters in Mamma Mia are Donna played by Streep, her sidekicks played by Julie Walters (just sheer brilliance!) and Christine Baranski and Colin Firth. Pierce Brosnan, as I'm sure you have heard, is an absolutely AWFUL singer, and both times I went to the cinema the audience reacted the same way - with horror, discomfort at seeing James Bond make a fool of himself, and eventually everyone just seemed to collapse in hysterics. I say ... ...saw an interview with him where he admitted that the singing was atrocious but that he enjoyed making the film immensely.
In fact, everyone in the film looked like they had the most amazing time, after the film is over there is a sing along with all the cast characters in ABBA costumes, they looked like they were just having a blast and that everyone got on really well - which in my opinion just makes the film special. There are some teary moments, ...
burtybookworm 08.09.2008 (24.09.2008)
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Advantages: Everything, singing, casting, storyline Disadvantages: Men cant sing lol
Mamma Mia
The story of a girl with no father who secretly investigates through her mother's diary to find out who he may be, in order to invite him to her wedding and give her away. She discovers that she has 3 possible fathers, so she invites the three of them to their motel in Greece behind her mothers back.
As this movie is a musical, it makes use of the songs by Abba, The Swedish pop band of the 80's, all sang by the cast of the movie. Songs ... ...dream, Money money money, Dancing Queen, super trouper, SOS and many more….
The Cast:
There is a top cast in this movie including Meryl Streep, Pierce Bronson, Colin firth, Amanda Seyfield and Julie Walters
Meryl Streep plays Donna, a hotel owner on a Greek island who lives alone with her daughter Sophie. In her younger days, she was a band with her 2 best friends Rosie and Tanya. She dated 3 different men in a space of time which left her pregnant ...
lesleyanne18 25.07.2008
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Music / Performing Arts, Comedy - Director: Trevor Nunn, Geoffrey Posner - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, Parental Guidance - Starring: Duncan Preston, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Victoria Wood, Jim Broadbent
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