Serves it purpose

Rating: 5/10 (30 July 2008)

With musicals on stage coming out left, right and centre it was no surprise that they would start to put them back into film. With the recent Sweeney Todd film setting the standard for musicals, the Abba musical had a lot to live up to. To start with this was not going to be artful masterpiece that Tim Burton created, this was going to be a feel good movie that was designed to entertain. For this it works, however the story behind this film is quite simply terrible, and the singing isn't up to the standard of the likes of Chicago. Julie Walters and Meryl Streep steal the show completely, they're worth watching and Streep's version of "The winner takes it all" is stunning.
The film is a sure hit with women and most gay men, but won't satisfy the needs of most film lovers. Give it a try.