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Mamma mia!

2008

Phyllida Lloyd

Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried ...

5.8

39,319

Musical. Comedy. Romance An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends--practical and no-nonsense Rosie and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya--from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own. On a quest to find the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"Mamma Mia! is fun, the music's terrific and the cast is appealing."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"The good-natured silliness is contagious. When Streep runs singing through a Greek village, it's like a spirited homage to "The Sound of Music". (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)."	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"You can have a perfectly nice time watching this spirited adaptation of the popular stage musical and, once the hangover wears off, acknowledge just how bad it is."	NEU
United States	The Hollywood Reporter	"It's a delightful piece of filmmaking with a marvelous cast topped by Meryl Streep in one of her smartest and most entertaining performances ever."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Meryl Streep can do anything: sing, dance, do splits, act her heart out. She (almost) saves this clumsy, overwrought film version of the Abba musical"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This movie wasn't made for me. It was made for the people who will love it (...). The stage musical has sold 30 million tickets, and I feel like the grouch at the party (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"Yes, of course this is fairly old-fashioned entertainment, but it's really, really entertaining."	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"It's funny what you buy completely onstage and resist completely, or nearly, on-screen. Case in point: 'Mamma Mia!'"	NEU

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