I tried to like it, believe me

Rating: 3/10 (11 August 2013)

I am a HUGE fan of musicals and musical movies. I love musical movies like Hairspray, Rent, The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Oklahoma, Sweeney Todd, etc. There hasn't been one musical movie I haven't liked until now. I've watched this movie twice and tried to be fair, but I honestly can't. Amanda Seyfried's high pitched speaking and singing voice made me cringe. Pierce Bronson was horrible and should have only acted. Half of the cast could NOT sing though I give them credit for trying. The story was just so all over the place and it was just basically a film to see how many ABBA songs we can fit that have no purpose to the plot. It was song after song after song that you have no time to gain any depth or know what was going on. Those 3 stars are for Meryl Streep because she is the ONLY enjoyable person in this movie. Her singing is fantastic and the only songs I liked were "The Dancing Queen" & "The Winner Takes It All." I tried to like this movie, but I simply couldn't.