A Movie Chalk-Full of Chuckles!
Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) and her mom, Donna (Meryl Streep)
live on a paradisaical Greek island running a beautiful villa hotel.
Happy as she’s ever been, Sophie is engaged to be married and wants for
one thing, to know who her father is and have him walk her down the isle.
She steals her mother’s diary only to find that her father could be one
of three men, so she does what any girl would do, invites them all to her
wedding! Her purpose to find out who her father is, ends up sending her on a
journey of self discovery, all the while being told in oldie goldie ABBA
songs.
As a child I remember taking long road trips in our huge
conversion van filled to the brim with 7 people and oodles of excitement.
What added to the excitement and anticipation was singing at the top of
our lungs to ABBA songs. So watching Mamma Mia was
extremely nostalgic and fun to see the songs strung into a melodious stream of
events. I’m not sure if the actors were cast based on celebrity
status, acting talent, or singing talent, but I’m guessing the first two and not
the third because the voices of Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, and especially Pierce
Brosnan did not do the songs justice. In fact I was either
scrunching my eyes and ears in embarrassment, or just plain laughing during
their singing parts. Again, the acting was fantastic, of course,
but just don’t take the singing parts too seriously because you’ll be sorely
disappointed. Despite that though, I’d still give Mamma Mia
a ringing endorsement, after all it did make my laugh, tear up, and say, “Ahh,
what a cute love story!”
Motherly Advice: I had to wonder at first if Mamma Mia even needed
filters, but then when I watched it with my filters on medium I was glad.
Meryl Streep’s character has two friends come in for the wedding and
their parts are really pretty crass. So with filters on here are
just a few things to watch out for: plunging necklines, short shorts, and just a
few scenes that involve cigars and alcohol. The movie itself is
pretty clean except that the whole reason why Sophie doesn’t know which one is
her father is because her mother slept with all three men around the same time,
which is a theme laced through the whole film. SO because of that
aspect alone, I would think Mamma Mia would be appropriate for ages 12
and up.
Trisha~I still find that ABBA music is the BEST music to
run to!
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