For when you need some fun

Rating: 8/10 (17 August 2008)

There have been so many comments about the film that it would be easy to replicate and to some extent I must. I have not seen the stage musical but know ABBA music well. Cast and location win with this film. Stunning scenery and the church path lit to the top of the hill well it just looked absolutely right. The cast well Meryl Streep shows that she can do it and fills the role brilliantly with gusto and some singing ability. Pierce as has been said is the weakest and Julie Walters and Christine Baranski are comic ladies par excellence, Julie Walters reminding me much of her role in Calendar Girls. We all laughed and the funny items and quiet at the reminiscing points of the film as well. The finale with Meryl was a hoot with the titles starting to flow, felt like you were at at pop concert. Yes sometimes it was a little disjointed but there was a nice piece of ad libbing that shows that it did not need to be sidelined to the DVD extras although I bet there will be loads of hilarious moments. In fact there was for me only one item that let me down and that was the final major scene and the pairing off situation for Colin Firth. They just did the man man thing but was this really the right thing to do. Anyway, this is really a minor thing so if you need to have a laugh to get away from all the frustrations this is really a great film to chill out to. Enjoy.