It's hard not to be drawn in by this film!!

Rating: 7/10 (16 July 2008)

I heard a cynical reviewer give Mamma Mia a good review and I was intrigued to see whether the film could work the same trick on me. This is the sort of film that I'd generally hate. I'm really into intelligent films that make the viewer think. You couldn't get a film that's further from this genre than Mamma Mia. The plot consists of a soon to be bride trying to work out who is her father from three possible candidates that she discovers from her mothers diary. She invites all three to the wedding in order to find out who her father is. That's it in terms of plot.
The film uses the songs of Abba as a backdrop and all of the characters launch into renditions of the Abba songs at regular intervals. It's one of the most ridiculously cheerful movies I've seen and the camp/crass levels of the film are off the scale! The amazing thing is that even though the singing ranges from average to appalling (Brosnan has to be heard to be believed) you can't help tapping along and loving every minute by the end of the film.
At some point in the future I may well be ashamed of my score/review and come back to make changes. The truth is though that even though the only thing I'll remember in the long run is how awful Brosnan was at singing the other thing that will lodge in the memory is how feel good the movie was. To make my life harder in the future I give this film eight out of ten!!