11/5/2022 0 Comments One of us is crying mamma mia 2![]() ![]() Most of the extras are on the second disc, but there are a few things along with the movie on the first.ĭirector Phyllida Lloyd provides a commentary track. The giant box-office numbers have emboldened the producers to release Mamma Mia! The Movie is a two disc Special Edition. The stage show and this movie have been a world wide mega-hit, but unless you can’t get enough ABBA (or annoying laughing jags) in your life, you’re better off skipping it. There are a few catchy tunes, and the camaraderie of the three men combined with Seyfried’s wonderful performance don’t save the movie, but do keep it from being a total disaster. ![]() The plot, courtesy of the play’s author, Catherine Johnson, doesn’t have much going for it other than to align the action close enough that the ABBA numbers make sense. Every five minutes or so, someone breaks into an ABBA song like “Mamma Mia,” “The Winner Takes it All,” “Take a Chance on Me,” or “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” The songs are the real reason the movie (and play) exists, so anyone who isn’t already a fan will find themselves in musical hell with 22 ABBA numbers sung by actors of various musical abilities. ![]() The remainder of the film involves Donna in borderline hysterics at the arrival of the three old lovers, Sophie attempting to determine which her father is, and everyone getting ready for the upcoming nuptials. Donna, unaware they are coming, has invited her two closest friends, Tanya (Christine Baranski) and Rosie (Julie Walters) who used to sing with her in a group called Donna and the Dynamos. Since her father could be any one of the three mentioned in her mother’s diary, Sophie invites them all! Dutifully Sam (Pierce Brosnan), Harry (Colin Firth), and Bill (Stellan Skarsgård) arrive for the wedding. Now her daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), is going to get married and wants to have her father give her away. Streep is Donna, the proprietor of a hotel on an idyllic Greek island who had three lovers in her youth. So the plot, as such, of Mamma Mia! mainly serves to get to the next musical number. ABBA, obviously, didn’t write a Broadway musical. ![]()
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