Mamma Mia

Everyone has the lyrics of at least one ABBA song tattooed on their brain, for those of us who will happily admit to this fact, this film was always going to be a winner.

It is the story of a young girl who is unaware of who her father is, and after reading her mums diary of the year she became pregnant, invites three strangers to her wedding, expecting to know immediately who her father is when she meets him. Set on a beautiful Greek island, with a good number of ABBA songs thrown in the mix, this film lifts your spirits and leaves you yearning for a Summer holiday.

There is some amazing casting in this film, (Julie Walters and Christine Baranski as the mums two best friends are brilliant!) and some not so amazing casting (all three fathers), but the cast as a whole make it work.

There are, without question, some really cringe worthy moments in this film (the worst being the ripping off of Pierce Brosnans shirt at the end of the film!), but together they sort of make this film what it is, which is a highly enjoyable and great sing-a-long musical movie.

The scores....
Mum

• Rewatchability 7
• Sing-a-long 9
• Overall entertainment 9
• Story/Plot 8

Me

• Rewatchability 8
• Sing-a-long 9
• Overall entertainment 9
• Story/Plot 7

This gives Mamma Mia a grand total of 66 out of 80.

It seems the bar has been set pretty high. I'm not sure that we could have picked a better starting film!