It's no Chicago

Rating: 4/10 (16 January 2010)

The main problems with this movie is that they didn't take advantage of the transition to the big screen and the songs are sung in a dull manner, the direction is lousy, the actors themselves are singing and not professional singers. The production values just seem low.
For example, you see Meryl Streep singing a great song on a hill with barely movement from her or the camera, it's like she's singing on a stage, but worse. There are no colorful lights here or captivating direction.
This movie is nothing like Chicago, which was professionally made. Instead we get a lousy movie that butchers ABBA.
If you want to see the songs of ABBA being sung in a boring way, go see this movie. I feel like this movie was just made to make money from ABBA fans and the musical fans, and like all movies that are made just to make money, it's bad.