I needed counselling after watching this film!

Rating: 1/10 (21 June 2009)

The only reason I stayed the whole way through this film was that I was working when I went to see it (I'm a support worker and the person I was working with wanted to see it). I love ABBA and love musicals so was fairly optimistic when I went in. What passes for a plot is completely ludicrous. Each actor seems to be working for a different director (judging by the variation in styles). Also, Meryl Streep may be a great actress but the age gap was just too big. For her to have had a 'fling' with the three men would have meant it was a mid-life crisis rather than a youthful indiscretion to have given birth to the young girl playing her daughter. I just wanted to give Pierce Brosnan a hug when he started singing to reassure him that people will forget this film eventually.The rest of the singing and dancing wouldn't have passed muster in our old school productions. The film seemed to go on for half a lifetime and I spent part of it writing my shopping list so my time wasn't totally wasted. By far and away the worst film I have had the misfortune to be forced to watch. Maybe the US military could utilise this as a new torture technique now that water boarding has fallen out of favour? I'd certainly confess to a heck of a lot rather than have to endure this again.