So much worse than the Broadway show thanks to horrendous cast

Rating: 2/10 (31 August 2018)

I was pleasantly surprised by the Broadway show Mamma Mia that I thought I'd watch this movie, because a movie sure has better/real sets if nothing else. Sadly, this movie offers exactly that - better sets and nothing else.
The one thing that completely ruined the movie is the cast. I loved Brosnan since his Remington Steele days but boy can he butcher the ABBA songs! I really admire his courage to sing despite being completely unable to, but seriously there's no actor suitable for the role that can sing too? I also like Colin Firth but his singing was at best bland and weak, and the other guy's in between Firth and Brosnan.
As for Donna and her two long time friends, the chosen actresses were simply way too old for the role, particularly Streep. Her singing was at best so so even with all the sound enhancements movies employ, but it's her age that's really completely off. Donna's supposed to be around 40, while Streep was 59 when she was in the movie, and it showed. She tried to hide it with crazy and over the top acting but it only served to backfire. The other two were not good singers either, nor good actresses.
I hate to admit but frankly Amanda sounded significantly better than any of the other main characters, although she too, had quite exaggerated acting. I blame the novice director for that.
So the cast and directing really failed to deliver the nice story/music. I gave it 2 stars for the scenery and Amanda's singing.