Mamma Mia! [2008]

Mamma Mia! [2008] Reviews

Hmmmm !!!
I am so glad I saw this for real in the theatre first as i thought the production was excellent and really enjoyed the sets and the show.

The film, however was absolutely abysmal, I think it was badly cast, Colin Firth was more ridiculous than Pierce Brosnan who wasnt all that bad. Meryl Streep was so-so and the rest were all a bit forced. Glad i did not see the DVD 1st as i never would have wanted to go to the theatre!!

My insides are twisted up!
Ouch! My ears hurt and my insides are trying to get out. Painful singing and weird acting by people who should be doing something else, I think.
Everyone seemed to be acting like they were on stage in the theatre, with BIG voices and exaggerated actions.
Poor ole Amanda Seyfried was alone in her ability to sing and come across as sincere - she has a pretty voice. Just please don't get me started on Pierce Brosnan's voice - eeek!
If only they had got a bunch of unknowns, who could sing - it would have been fabulous - I love Abba songs - why didn't they do them justice?
Oooh and Colin Firth doing 'gay' was really quite funny.
Fantastic, beautiful location thou.

Fab Film
I thought the film was fab. My friends and I had a few drinks and had a great night watching the film. Julie Walters was outstanding as always. We laughed and sang all the way through the film. This is the type of film you can watch again and again. It's a feel good film.

Waste of money
I read all the hype and thought it would be just the thing for watching over Christmas. Oh dear. For a start was the husband-to-be supposed to be English or Greek? He had an English accent but I'm assuming that he was supposed to be an Islander. And he spent so little time on the screen that he may as well not have appeared at all. It would probably have been a better film if none of the actors had appeared on the screen - just the original Abba soundtrack - maybe they could make that as a sequel! Very bitty unbelievable plot and characters. I would be embarrassed and ashamed to know people like the characters played by Streep, Walters and Baranski.

You can buy the DVD very cheaply now so I think that says it all.

Mamma Mia - more like 'get me outta here!!!'
Utter, utter pants!!! Must have cost about £2.50 to shoot with a 'script' straight off an old lolly pop stick. I watched this with 3 other people and we all agreed that it is the worst film that we have ever seen. Non existent story, terrible acting, cringe worthy singing and even worse they have messed around with some of the Abba lyrics - utter sacrilege. My partner said that this may have spoilt listening to Abba songs in the future but we agreed that we must try and clear this awful garbage from our minds and listen to the real thing. Save yourself some money, money, money and buy an Abba DVD instead..........PLEASE!!!!!