Terribly miscast/misdirected for the most part

Rating: 1/10 (20 July 2018)

I enjoy musicals and have seen the stage version of Mamma Mia which was great. Some movie versions of musicals are also great, like Chicago or Hairspray. But this movie was terrible. The scenery is pretty and ABBA songs are fun but the dance sequences, script, and casting is way off. They cast good actors but most are totally wrong for the roles. Plenty of less know talent that can actually sing and dance well for a musical movie. For me it tainted the Mamma Mia franchise that I had enjoyed until I saw this movie. No idea how they got a sequel story out of this but I don't plan on watching it.