Fun Lightweight Nonsense

Rating: 7/10 (13 August 2009)

Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is getting married. She has found a diary belonging to her mother Donna (Meryl Streep), and, without her knowledge, she has invited Sam (Pierce Brosnan), Harry (Colin Firth) and Bill (Stellan Starsgard) to the wedding. One of these men is her father but no-one knows who. The film follows the story as the 3 men work out why they have been invited while Donna and her 2 pals, Rosie (Julie Walters) and Tanya (Christine Baranski), prepare for the wedding. We build up to the finale of the wedding but things don't work out as planned......
The film is an excuse to string together Abba songs. It's played for comedy and the film is entertaining with some laugh-out-loud moments, eg, the performance of "Lay All Your Love On Me" on the beach. All of the music numbers are entertaining and the film should be watched in a fun, lightweight mind-frame. The cast are all good and its a musical which will achieve cult status.