Rating: PG-13
Movie Release Date: July 18, 2008
DVD Release Date: December 16, 2008
Plot 411: Before Sophie can get married, she must find out which one of three men is her father so she invites them all.
Review: When this film came out, I watched it in the theaters because it just happened to be playing when we showed up. Admittedly, I enjoyed it a lot more than I anticipated, so after watching the musical I decided to re-watch the film and compare. On this second viewing, I was still amazed at how wonderful Meryl Streep is and how great she looks. Boy, can she dance and sing. As always, Christine Baranski's voice is great. Too bad she didn't have more solos. Among the "dads" were Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan and Stellan Skarsgard. Firth has a nice little solo and does well. Brosnan - as I remembered and which was confirmed just now - really, really sucked. He's atrocious yet has several solos. The irony of it all! Skarsgard doesn't really sing. (They cut his scene but it's in the deleted scenes.) A major character in the film is Greece itself. The white buildings against the blue water and sky is beautiful. Again, just like in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, the scenery makes me yearn to go to Greece. It just seems so magical on film. And how could I not mention the other character - ABBA's music? The music fit perfectly with the plot in both the musical and the film.
Watch It: For a feel-good mother/daughter and BFF movie set in a great background with pop tunes drifting through.
Skip It: If a bit of singing and dancing is too much, because this movie has A LOT of it.
Trailer:
Movie Release Date: July 18, 2008
DVD Release Date: December 16, 2008
Plot 411: Before Sophie can get married, she must find out which one of three men is her father so she invites them all.
Review: When this film came out, I watched it in the theaters because it just happened to be playing when we showed up. Admittedly, I enjoyed it a lot more than I anticipated, so after watching the musical I decided to re-watch the film and compare. On this second viewing, I was still amazed at how wonderful Meryl Streep is and how great she looks. Boy, can she dance and sing. As always, Christine Baranski's voice is great. Too bad she didn't have more solos. Among the "dads" were Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan and Stellan Skarsgard. Firth has a nice little solo and does well. Brosnan - as I remembered and which was confirmed just now - really, really sucked. He's atrocious yet has several solos. The irony of it all! Skarsgard doesn't really sing. (They cut his scene but it's in the deleted scenes.) A major character in the film is Greece itself. The white buildings against the blue water and sky is beautiful. Again, just like in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, the scenery makes me yearn to go to Greece. It just seems so magical on film. And how could I not mention the other character - ABBA's music? The music fit perfectly with the plot in both the musical and the film.
Watch It: For a feel-good mother/daughter and BFF movie set in a great background with pop tunes drifting through.
Skip It: If a bit of singing and dancing is too much, because this movie has A LOT of it.
Trailer:
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