Not my taste....but if you like ABBA....go for it!

Rating: 5/10 (24 July 2010)

I have to admit that I am a fan of ABBA and I really enjoyed their music so I decided to check this movie out because when I saw the trailer, I thought to my self, "I am going to love this movie".
So 5 minutes in I saw that the movie was really over the top, most people would call it bad acting but I believe they were meant to play them so over the top. It was like theater performances were every character is like he's going to have a stroke in the next 10 minutes. The music starts early and as a fan of ABBA I had no real problems with the songs. It takes time to get used to Meryl Streep and other actors singing but it gets there. When the song start there is a lot of energy that comes through it and it was mildly entertaining.
In the second part of the movie that energy went away very quickly and it became dreadful with the cliché storyline and the horrifically obvious outcome. The actors are most fine, still there was something so wrong about hearing Pierce Brosnan singing, he fit the part but not the singing, James Bond doesn't sing! Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgaard and Julie Walters are also rather entertaining but got a little on my nerves when the movie went on.
Just like Sex and the City, you have a very good idea what you're going into and if you don't , you're going to be rather disappointed. If you don't like ABBA, this movie is not for you. If you like ABBA you will at least like me, mildly enjoy it.
Mamma Mia is not Hairspray that's for sure. I believe it needed less over the top acting and more quality writing but unfortunately everything thing went into becoming an up-beat musical and when that happens everything else suffers. Mamma Mia is watchable I you like musicals but if not, don't bother.
5/10