Mama Mia Mama Can't Sing

Rating: 1/10 (29 June 2008)

I saw the free preview on Thursday 6/26, I'm glad I didn't pay for tickets. The acting was pathetic and the singing was miserable. Meryl Streep was too old for her part and she could not sing. Then when Pierce Brosnan broke into song we cringed! This movie seemed like a low-budget film with rookie actors, it was so corny. The 20 year old daughter acted like she was 12. Cristine Baransky tried to sing, she was the best of them and that's not saying much. It got to the point that we were laughing at this movie because it was so bad. We sarcastically wondered if we could purchase the movie soundtrack in the lobby. We also decided that this definitely ended Pierce's "James Bond" machismo. I saw Mama Mia on stage in Chicago and it was terrific and fun. I decided that this does not translate well to screen especially with actors who have no business singing.