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Mamma Mia!
PG Feature

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Run time: 1 hour 44 minutes
Rental release: 24 Nov 2008
Main languages: English
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  • Super Pooper

    Rated - 1.0 star  
    By 4Tell (148 reviews) from Edgbaston , 01 Aug 2008

    [Highly rated reviewer]

    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.
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  • Passable and a singalong festival

    Rated - 3.0 stars  
    By a customer , 17 Apr 2013
    The actors/actresses obviously enjoyed themselves (esp Meryl Streep) but as others have said, it is a pity that the singing wasn't better - but that is probably why the majority of them are actors and not singers. Don't expect any great plot lines, dialogue, exceptional singing or scenery (despite the location in Greece) - this is just the film version of a stage musical to highlight ABBA songs. Passes an hour and a bit but really,not what I want from a film.
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  • What's not to like?

    Rated - 3.5 stars  
    By Bobsview (549 reviews) from Gloucestershire , 04 Apr 2013
    Loved it. So much fun., and with a good yarn. Very watchable. All star cast and what fun they would have had making it! A very good film.
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  • If you loved the theatre version you will love this

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By Kruss1977 (3 reviews) , 18 Mar 2013
    Having seen the theatre production of Mama ia many years ago at the Edinburgh Playhouse I put off watching the film version. Having seen it I don't know why I absolutely loved it and the cast. A must see.
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  • Frothy & Fun

    Rated - 4.0 stars  
    By BrianWH (11 reviews) , 08 Feb 2013
    Frothy, Full of fun and frivolity, predictable storyline. A good story and well acted throughout, with a lot of singing as well!
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  • I'd gnaw my own leg off to avoid seeing this again...

    Rated - 0.5 stars  
    By Sector2814 (20 reviews) , 28 Oct 2012
    This is an astonishing movie. How can so many wonderful actors, with so much wonderful music, produce such a ramshackle, amateur, bumbling, weak flop as this.

    Our village panto has far more going for it than this film.

    It's as if they were none of them given any direction at all. How can Julie Walters be rubbish? How can Meryl (Oscar, Oscar) Streep be boring, how can Colin Firth be lacklustre?

    To find out, just rent this film. Be warned though - it lasts 4 hours and 30 minutes - or at least it feels as if it does...
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