The Music Wins This One

Rating: 5/10 (16 December 2008)

Sophie (Seyfried) is about to get married and she wants to surprise her unmarried mother, Donna (Streep), by inviting three men who have courted her mother and one of which is Sophie's father.
The music wins this one as the cast performed ABBA music. I am such a fan of ABBA that even though the cast performed the music I heard only the real ABBA sing. Oh, the cast was okay and if you never heard ABBA music, you could immediately fall in love with it. But, once you hear the real ABBA perform the music, everything else pales no matter how old you grow. Yes, there must have been times when lip syncing was done due to the seaside nature of some shots, but still it was okay. I only heard ABBA perform.
The story was okay but if it weren't for the ABBA music it would have been an "Oh Hum" made for TV movie. And, hard to believe that Pierce Brosnan can carry a tune. He did good.
The director let the cast get away with overacting. Yes, a lot of the acting was over-the-top, but maybe they had so much fun with everything that the director let it go. ABBA music can have that effect so they are forgiven. ABBA music can make you go a little crazy. It is that good. For me, you can have your Beatles, Rolling Stones and any other group that you think is the best you have ever heard. Go listen to ABBA and get back to me. There was no group better. Well, Fleetwood Mac and the Bee Gees were pretty good too. Yes, I know there is no accounting for taste(or the lack of it) Got it out of your system? (I think so)
And, you know, I think this would have been a lot better if the music from the real ABBA was in here. The lip syncing would not have been noticed (too much). And, I would have been okay with that.
FYI: I did hear a rumor that ABBA was offered $1-Billion to perform again. They turned it down because they knew they could never, now, sound as good as they did back in the day. Talk about class.I only heard ABBA perform.
Violence: No. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Sexual Content: Yes.