Mamma Mia! on DVD (2008)

4Tell [Highly rated reviewer] , 01/08/2008

I'm sorry but a musical cast with people who cannot sing and cannot dance says 'disaster' to me.

Some say that this film is so cheesy bad it is brilliant. No! It is so bad it is BAD!

Even when Meryl Streep shows that she can sing a bit, she does it like a pub karoake singer, seeking to put too much emotion and meaning in to every single word.

The choreograhpy is appalling.

Yes, Abba music is wonderfully catchy. Yes, the music may bring back great memories for many watching. However, the film itself is just rubbish and I defy anyone to honestly say otherwise.

  93 out of 94 people found this review helpful

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PaulaWestwood from Ashton-Under-Lyne [Highly rated reviewer] , 11/07/2008

This got a standing ovation in a packed cinama, so forget the cheese sleeaze press critics because this is a peach of a movie, absolutely superbly cast and brilliantly filmed, this is the ULTIMATE feel good movie to put you on a real high. I would definately recommend seeing this in the cinema, say in the evening when the place is nearly full so you get the full benefit of audience reaction. We managed to squeeze in the last 3 seats and had a whale of a time it took off at a pace and never let up, I was in tears, then laughing, then singing then clapping - as was the whole place. And then a standing ovation from a packed house... but dont leave, wait for the credits as you get a second blast of fun and song. One of the films of the year and feel good films of all time, superb can't recommend it highly enough It's the best fun I have ever had in a cinema with or without my clothes on....

  58 out of 59 people found this review helpful

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markstar from Glasgow [Highly rated reviewer] , 02/02/2008

If this film is anything like the musical then it'll be great fun!

  49 out of 55 people found this review helpful

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fabracco from Epsom [Highly rated reviewer] , 10/07/2008

mmmmmm......mamma mia !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  43 out of 43 people found this review helpful

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MikeAth from Cheltenham [Highly rated reviewer] , 15/07/2008

Dear god I wanted to hide for the majority of this film.

I was tricked, decieved into seeing it on the premise it was a film, not an Abba musical!

I can see how it makes a lot of people feel good, but for me it's just a cringe-fest which made me feel ill toward the end. Surprised I made it through!

What an ordeal!

  12 out of 13 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Rickmansworth , 10/07/2008

Just seen this at the local cinema and it is wonderful. Came out smiling – such a feel good movie. Brosnan is a hunk and made the cinema all laugh when he sang…did not detract though! Colin Firth has a different love interest for a change, and is still a hunk, and Meryl Streep is fantastically believable as the lady with a past. The only one I did not like on screen was the groom to be. His acting grated. But my teens liked him so that’s alright then. The flipper dance scene was especially funny; all of it was funny except for the mother and bride scene which made a tear. The way the words fitted the plot was just so right. It’s a great film. I’d say more but don’t want to spoil the plot just encourage people to see it.

  17 out of 17 people found this review helpful

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