Has put me off ABBA completely.

I shall go out now and burn all their albums.

You know those people that are always in a really chipper, happy, smiley, irritating mood, all the fucking time?

It doesn't matter what they're doing or how anyone else around them is feeling, they're always prancing around like they've just won the pissing EuroMillions?

And you know how that's really fucking annoying?

Well, this film is the visual embodiment of that person. If this film was a person I'd tell it to sit down and shut the fuck up and stop being so goddamn happy all the time because THE WORLD ISN'T LIKE THAT.

Who thought taking every ABBA song recorded and cramming them into a stage show/film with virtually no relevance to the storyline would be a good idea anyway?

This has put me off Abba. And Julie Walters. And possibly cinema itself. I couldn't stand anything about it, from Meryl Steep's grating singing and "look at me, I can be fun" characterisation to the teeth-achingly dreadful script - which crowbars the numbers in with staggering artlessness - witless staging and uniformly annoying performances. Except Colin Firth, he was kind of OK. Without hyperbole, the worst film I've seen for two years.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

I made a very stupid choice when I decided to watch this movie. I was told by a person that I should watch it and I don't like musicals, so I felt like I would give it a try to please them and I watched it and left like I was punched in the junk several times and then I still had another hour and forty five minutes to go. Let me spoil the movie for you, you never find out who her father is and the reason why is because you are listening to ABBA. I am sure that they had fun making this film, but I didn't have fun watching it.

There is a lot of shitty singing but it's not that bad.

You know those people that are always in a really chipper, happy, smiley, irritating mood, all the fucking time?

It doesn't matter what they're doing or how anyone else around them is feeling, they're always prancing around like they've just won the pissing EuroMillions?

And you know how that's really fucking annoying?

Well, this film is the visual embodiment of that person. If this film was a person I'd tell it to sit down and shut the fuck up and stop being so goddamn happy all the time because THE WORLD ISN'T LIKE THAT.

Who thought taking every ABBA song recorded and cramming them into a stage show/film with virtually no relevance to the storyline would be a good idea anyway?

As usual, Pierce Brosnan makes me feel uncomfortable (I cringe just looking at the poster to the left as I write this review), but otherwise I had a pretty good time with this film. I'd watch it again after a few cocktails.

Sober and alone this is a harrowing experience. Get friends and get drink before even attempting to watch this. With just the right amount of liquoring up this is a thoroughly enjoyable pile of nonsense with a fantastic soundtrack.

There should be two sets of stars for this. Sober stars out of 5 - 1. Drunk stars out of 5 3.5.

As dumb as this movie is, I actually had fun tearing it apart whilst watching it. It's a popcorn sleeper for teenage girls and it puts in the bare-minimum effort to please them. The most egregious faults are the singing voices but I don't even agree with major casting decisions. It lacked any precision, polish and choreography. Bare minimum effort in directing/editing and the mystery of who the father was lasted about 10 minutes: screen-time/camera-angles are an obvious give-away. It wasn't trying to win anyone over who wouldn't like it anyway.

Divertidísmo musical.
Buena música (ABBA) acompañada de una excepcional Meryl Streep.

MAMMA MIA! is not a cinematic masterpiece. The singing is questionable, the plot is hokey, and the script is the same diluted one from the Broadway production. What the film does have going for it, though, is a pretty great cast (somehow Meryl seems to elevate the material) and the movie is a lot of fun if you accept the self-referential nature of the cheese and camp. Is it going to change your life? No. Should you watch it if you hate musicals? Definitely not. But if you want just a feel-good fun night, this might be worth a shot.

Admitámoslo ya, sólo mola porque tiene canciones de Abba y a Meryl Streep.

Una película con poco fuelle pero con canciones de ABBA. Por lo tanto, balance positivo.

PD: Pierce Brosnan, deja de cantar. Primer aviso.