Uplifting and feel-good experience

Rating: 10/10 (12 July 2008)

I understand that movie critics do not see this movie as a masterpiece. Anyway this movie really stands as a movie that you want to watch especially if you like the great tradition of musicals and if are not embarrassed to share that you in fact like ABBA's music.
I have a seen the theatre show and I thought it was an excellent idea to promote a story using a series of songs (by the way this is possible if you have an incredible number of hits that also have meaningful lyrics). The story has a simple thread but it is as well full of lessons on motherhood, daughter-hood, friendship and it is probably really for a female audience but in fact depict the typical failure of male commitment and the recovery of romance and forgiveness that is all about life and love.
The movie follows up the steps of the show and it offers two hours of good spirit, great music, and at the end an uplifting and feel-good experience. I did not expect great actors to adapt well ... but in fact they did (Meryl Streep is really amazing and Julie Walters as much comparable). Yes we might not compare this to Singing in the Rain ... but given the fact we live in a very different world ... this is a musical of many generations and from my perspective a many times to see movie.