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Mamma Mia! [2008] | ![Mamma Mia! [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JKaVKdu7L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Actors: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Julie Walters
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
List Price: £21.99
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Rating:  195 reviews
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
EAN: 5050582556087
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: November 24, 2008 (In 3 Days)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The delirious sight of Meryl Streep leading a river of multigenerational women singing "Dancing Queen" is one of the high points of Mamma Mia!, the musical built around the songs of the hugely popular pop group ABBA. The plot sets in motion when Sophie (Amanda Seyfried, Mean Girls), daughter of Donna (Streep), sends a letter to three men, inviting them to her wedding--because after reading her mother's diary, she suspects that one of them is her father. When all three arrive at the Greek island where Donna runs a hotel, Donna flips out and finds that passions she thought she'd laid aside are coming back to life. But let's face it, the plot is not the point--it's a ridiculous contrivance that provides an excuse for the characters to sing the massive hits of ABBA. Regrettably, first-time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who directed the original stage production) has drawn over-the-top performances from everyone involved, even Streep; every production number hammers its exuberance into your eyeballs. Which is too bad, because Mamma Mia! is a rarity: A middle-aged love story. The kids start things off, but the story is really about Streep and the three guys (former James Bond Pierce Brosnan, former Mr. Darcy Colin Firth, and Swedish star Stellan Skarsgard), as well as Donna's best friends (Christine Baranski, best known from the TV show Cybill, and Julie Walters, Calendar Girls). It's a romantic comedy aimed at the people who were around when all these songs were new, and that's an age group Hollywood largely ignores. For that alone, Mamma Mia! deserves to find an audience. --Bret Fetzer
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 SO MUCH FUN - for ABBA fans and anyone else November 22, 2008
U. Esser (London, UK)
Being a great ABBA fan, I saw the film for the first time just before the London premiere, loved it, and saw it again and again and again...
If you are a member of the one and only Official International ABBA Fan Club in Roosendaal, The Netherlands, you know what I am talking about. If not, Google them (make sure you don't fall for imposters in Germany, etc), and become a member!
Get to know all there is to know about this great film you are just about to order, enjoy recent pictures of the former ABBA members but, more than all else, enjoy MM! The Movie.
It is so funny and just has the right actors/singers (ok, Pierce needs a few more singing lessons but then he has the looks...) to make you smile, smile, smile.
Once you have reveived your copy from Amazon, you're gonna be hard-pushed to wipe that smile off your face, promise. You will find space in a tiny flat or office to miraculously dance and sing along.
In short, nothing better against winter depression!!!
 Clearly missing something November 21, 2008
DP (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Am I only the person out there who found this film dull and annoying? Pierce Brosnan's singing was painful rather than funny. I enjoy a bit of cheesy music as much as the next man but 105 minutes of ABBA ended up feeling like 180 minutes.
Mamma Mia is Brilliant Amazing, Film of 2008 November 20, 2008
Mr. B. M. Jones (PAIGNTON,UK)
Mamma Mia is amazing and incredible film, one of the best musicals ever to hit a Film Contains Fun, Laughts, Sexy Voices and more, I loved it so much i seen it in the Cinema 8 times alone and now ordered the DVD, Amanda Seyfried brings out the passion to her music and Sexy style from Honey Honey song, to the powerful Meryl singing The Winner Takes it all and the ballad surprise Great vocals from Pierce Brosnan with when all is said and done, the film will not disappointed you, You Will love it
 BRILLIANT November 18, 2008
Ms. M. E. Mccorquodale (Doncaster, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A FEEL GOOD SMASHING MOVIE. I GOT DRAGGED TO THE CINEMA BY MY MUM AND SISTERS I WASNT LOOKING TOO FORWARD TO IT AS I DIDNT THINK I WOULD LIKE IT HOWEVER AFTER THE FIRST 15MINS I WAS CLEARLY WRONG. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS FILM. ITS PERFECT FOR A DULL DAY WHEN ALL YOU NEED IS A BIT OF SUNSHINE!!
i am the dancing queen !! November 16, 2008
carlysian (uk)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The NHS should forget giving out out the huge amount of anti depressants that they do and buy mama mia in bulk and prescribe them with that instead.... this is the most feel good film i have ever know!!! great for nights in with the girlies as you can have a good old boogie and a sing song around the room, great if you have just been dumped altho is has romantic scenes in the fun factor and the comedy will soon make you forget your heartache.A totally cheesy but very vibrant, well put together, funny, exciting, camp, happy, positive film, seriously from the second you put in on you will be tapping your feet in time to the music and by the end of the film your be on your sofa throwing shapes and reliving your youth. GO ON YOU KNOW YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO........
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