Thoughts on Mamma Mia!

Rating: 5/10 (2 March 2020)

I'll start with the things I liked. Firstly I liked Amanda Seyfried, she's gorgeous and pretty good in this. All the potential fathers were pretty good. The setting and wedding location is beautiful. There were a few musical highlights, those being; "dancing queen", "slipping through my fingers" and "Mamma Mia." Only slipping through my fingers and Mamma Mia actually servicing the plot. The slipping through my fingers scene was a nice heartfelt moment. The song "honey honey" is a creative way of conveying whats said in Donna's diary. The scene were Bill and Harry are conversing on the boat and Bill comes to the conclusion that Harry is gay is comical.
A musical lives and dies by its music. Moments were characters break into song and dance are meant to be a break from reality and represent what the characters are feeling and whats happening in the story. In the case of Mamma Mia many of the musical segments don't further the plot at all or are of no importance. Some of these are; "money, money, money", "dancing queen", "Chiquitita", "does your mother know" and "Voulez-Vous." Also in regards to the music, Pierce Brosnan really can not sing. There are far too many musical segments. A lot of the musical segments seem to exist only to pad out the run time. Maybe that's because they focused on having a story that fits the songs instead of starting with a story and writing songs that fit it. Donna's friends are shrill, obnoxious and annoying. The duo are also given there own subplots that are presented and resolved in a matter of minutes. These subplots are just nothing and don't serve the story at all.
If you want a chick flick with the occasional fun musical segment this might be for you. There's nothing wrong if you enjoy Mamma Mia, its just not for me.
4.5/10