It made me hate film. (SPOILERS)

Rating: 1/10 (4 March 2010)

Though I am normally not a fan of musicals, I have watched several that I somewhat enjoyed. The key is the story. It must be somewhat compelling and realistic.
Ten minutes in to this movie I lost track of how many times I said, 'Oh, come on, really". A young woman is about to wed. She does not know who her Father is as her Mother appears to have been somewhat loose. The daughter discovers an old diary of her Mother's that looks as new as if it were just bought. A diary from the time the daughter was conceived. In it the Mother details sexual encounters with 3 different men. The daughter is so happy to read this that she bursts out into joyous song. Joyous song at the discovery that her Mother was somewhat of a tramp. The daughter wants her Father to come to the wedding, but does not know which man it is, so she mails wedding invitations to all three. Are we to believe that their mailing addresses are in the diary? Are we to believe that these men still have the same mailing addresses some 20+ years later? The invitations are disguised as letters from the Mother wanting to see the men. We cut to scenes of these men scrambling to go to her. To travel across the world for a woman they had an affair with over twenty years earlier? These men are not married? No families?
Just a few examples of the things that constantly had me saying "Ummmm, what?" All throughout this, the daughter seems quite happy that her Mother was a bit of a tramp, and chose to not use birth control.
Some people may lose themselves in this and see it as a happy musical, but the blatant weaknesses in the story are so glaring that I couldn't let myself enjoy any aspect of this movie.
Watch it yourself and make your own judgements, but do not expect a solid story. If you pay attention, the vast holes in the story reveal this movie for what it is, fluff.