Mama Mia! Exuberance in the Air ***1/2

Rating: 9/10 (30 July 2008)

I loved the exuberance depicted in this wonderfully entertaining and engaging film.
We've come along way from 1968's Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell. The plot remains basically the same but the story line has to be updated to keep abreast of today's living standards.
Meryl Streep is great here. Am surprised by her lovely singing voice. Ms. Streep is such a versatile actress. The close ups reveal a much older lady and after all, Streep is approaching 60 or so.
The dancing is lively and full of life. The music by abba is rendered in a wonderful pulsating mood.
Christine Baranski, though uglier than ever, is memorable here as well as the wonderful Julie Walters, they both sing and dance up a storm here.
The guys taken on their roles as the possible fathers with precision. Skarsgaard is older looking, but shifty-eyed to a point. Colin Firth also shows versatility, but it is Brosnan who really captures his part as the guy who really loved the Streep character.
This is really a very, very feel good movie. The surroundings on this Greek island are breath taking.
See this film, dancing queen and kings alike!