{"id":2328,"date":"2017-03-03T20:20:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T02:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2017-05-18T17:44:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T22:44:02","slug":"mamma-mia-2008-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=2328","title":{"rendered":"Mamma Mia! (2008) – Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Mamma Mia!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sophie, who was raised by single mother, Donna, on a small island off Greece, is about to get married when she finds her mother’s diary and discovers that her mother had affairs with 3 men one of whom might be her father. \u00a0Sophie invites all 3 men to her wedding, expecting to immediately feel a connection to her father when she sees him, but finds much more when she finally meets Sam, Harry, and Bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Or… Donna is a single mother living and running a hotel on a small island off Greece, when, along with the other guests, the 3 men with whom she had affairs, one of which is her daughter’s father, arrive unexpectedly on the island the day before her daughter’s wedding. \u00a0There are really 2 stories happening here, one is that of a daughter trying to find herself and the other of a mother facing the mistakes of her past, all set to the glam rock of ABBA’s hits from the ’70s.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I wish I could go back and re-watch a movie for the first time just to record my initial thoughts, and sometimes I have the same reaction each time I watch a movie. \u00a0This is one of the latter. \u00a0Although I am not a particular fan of Colin Firth (he’s not typically in my preferred genre films) or Pierce Brosnan (who dabbles pretty much in every genre), I do always manage to get swept up right at the beginning of this film. \u00a0 Being so familiar with the music, I’m sure, is a big part of it.<\/p>\n

This is really not my usual sort of thing, so it feels a bit awkward to express enthusiasm, though I am rather enthusiastic about how well this movie is put together. \u00a0The casting is fantastic, I am particularly a fan of Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, and Dominic Cooper. \u00a0I like that everything appears to be deliberate and have a purpose, the choreography and the way everything moves and the way the background cast is so integral a part in telling the story yet the main cast doesn’t always see them. \u00a0I especially enjoy the unapologetic disregard for age and body style in the supporting\/background cast. \u00a0 I don’t even care how preposterous the end is, that is deliberate, too.<\/p>\n

I gave this 5 glasses of wine. \u00a0This movie succeeds in what it is intended to be … silly, sappy, satirical, and fun.
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