What a disappointment!

Rating: 1/10 (9 March 2009)

We held back on watching this DVD until now,intending it for a special, uplifting evening in our lives, remembering of course how normally quiet cinemas were packed out for weeks on end. Oh dear! after only a few minutes we looked at each other in disbelief. How could something so popular be so cringeingly awful? Naturally the music-as originally sung by ABBA- is wonderful. Set in the sunshine of a Greek Island how could the scenery fail? And the chorus, presumably composed of young professionals- excellent. That is as far as I can go with praise however. The Movie was a disaster because of the casting of the four main characters who were each so far out of their comfort zone as to be totally lost. Whatever possessed them (other than the money of course) to make such fools of themselves, I cannot imagine. I am particularly shocked at Meryl Streep and Julie Walters, each of whom have surely lost much self respect as a result of this farce. Now- where's my copy of Chicago?