Funnest movie of the summer!

Rating: 9/10 (22 July 2008)

I have seen the Mamma Mia show on Broadway and I loved it. However, I think that the movie was much better! I think that the arrangements of the songs were really cool and the scenery was SOO beautiful! Now I want to go to Greece even more!!! The whole cast was great except for Pierce Brosnan, who can't sing for his life. Amanda Seyfried was the best Sophie I have ever seen and she lit up the screen! Even when things started to go bad (like when Brosnan went on screen), Seyfried cheered me up and made the movie so fun! This movie proves that Meryl Streep is like a goddess and she can do anything--sing really good, dance really good, act really good, etc. She was AMAZING!!! However, there were just some times that I didn't really see a close mother-daughter relationship between Donna and Sophie. I also didn't like how Streep was dancing like a maniac when she was singing Mamma Mia. Christine Baranski and Julie Walters were AMAZING as well and HILARIOUS in every scene they were in! So I guess that Seyfried stole the show, and Baranski and Walters came in second (before Streep). And then we get to the fathers... As I said, Pierce Brosnan cannot sing and should not have been cast. Stellan Skarsgaard was really funny and perfectly cast! Colin Firth was also funny as the gay guy. Another thing I did not like about this movie was that the songs were really rushed into. However, I LOVED this movie and it is so much fun!!! A must see!