Watching: Mamma Mia!

[white_hart]

Neither of us is very keen on musicals, so we had never watched Mamma Mia!. Still, when T mentioned tonight that he’d recorded it to watch because it kept coming up in quiz questions, it struck me that on a dank grey January day a film set on a sunny Greek island and full of ABBA songs might be just the ticket. And while it was deeply silly, it was actually quite good fun, and certainly delivered the goods in terms of sunshine and ABBA songs, as well as a surprisingly impressive performance from Meryl Streep, who didn’t appear to be letting the silliness of the film affect her commitment to her role. Also, I think I like musicals better when I already know the songs and don’t have to follow new-to-me music as well as a plot.

Comments

[lokifan]

a surprisingly impressive performance from Meryl Streep, who didn’t appear to be letting the silliness of the film affect her commitment to her role

This is what you need! Like Tim Curry and Michael Caine in their respective Muppets turns.