Mamma Mia – Movie Review

The devil comes out of her Prada as a shabbily dressed single mother who has raised her daughter all alone on a beautiful island of Greece. The story of a young bride-to-be searching for her father has been nicely woven around all of the ABBA’s hit songs.

Donna (Meryl Streep) runs a tourist villa, Donna Villa, along with her daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) who is getting married soon to Sky (Dominic Cooper).

Sophie desperately wants to walk down the aisle on her father’s arm. In her quest to find out who he might be, she stumbles upon her mom’s old diary and ends up inviting three possible men to the wedding- Sam (Pierce Brosnan), Bill (Stellan Skarsgard) and Harry (Colin Firth) from out of her mother’s past!! And then starts the fun-frolic-some musical fantasy trip down the aisle, which will be cherished by all age groups.

Meryl Streep gets better with age, as she injects a powerful performance in the movie and looks fabulous too. She is the ‘Dancing Queen’, who steals the show.

Supporting her are her two crazy best friends, Tanya (Christine Baranski) and Rosie (Julie Walters), who have come to join in the wedding fun but have to act as Donna’s support too, as she is quite taken aback after seeing her three ex-boyfriends at the wedding.

It is always a delight to watch Pierce Brosnan on screen, and he does full justice to his character, though he doesn’t impress much with his singing.

Overall, Mamma Mia is bound to dance its way to the box-offices. If ABBA is the music for your ears, you should not miss this one.

By Chanda Gohrani