Mamma Mia! (2008)

Director:

Phyllida Lloyd

Writer:

Catherine Johnson (writer)

Release Date:

18 July 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

A mother. A daughter. Three possible fathers. Take a trip down the aisle you'll never forget

Plot:

The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA. |

Plot Keywords:

Barn | Paternity | Barefoot | Hotel | ABBA

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Cast

Amanda Seyfried	...	Sophie
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Bill
Pierce Brosnan	...	Sam Carmichael
Nancy Baldwin	...	Sam's PA
Colin Firth	...	Harry Bright
Heather Emmanuel	...	Harry's Housekeeper
Colin Davis	...	Harry's Driver
Rachel McDowall	...	Lisa
Ashley Lilley	...	Ali
Meryl Streep	...	Donna
Julie Walters	...	Rosie
Christine Baranski	...	Tanya
Ricardo Montez	...	Stannos
Mia Soteriou	...	Arina
Enzo Squillino Jr.	...	Gregoris

Also Known As:

Mamma Mia! The Movie (UK) (promotional title) (USA) (promotional title)
Mamma Mia! - I tainia (Greece) [el]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sex-related comments.

Runtime:

USA:108 min

Country:

UK | USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44470) | Malaysia:U | Canada:G (Quebec) | Sweden:Btl | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Australia:PG | South Korea:12 | Ireland:PG | Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Agios Ioannis Chapel, Skopelos, Greece

Company:

Internationale Filmproduktion Richter

Trivia:

Based on the hit ABBA single of the same name. Mamma Mia! first opened in London on April, 6th, 1999 at the Prince Edward theater. It had its North American debut at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre on May 23rd, 2000. The original Toronto cast then moved on to Mamma Mia!'s pre-Broadway tour starting in San Francisco, moving on to Los Angeles, then Chicago. It was while the original Toronto cast was performing in Chicago that Louise Pitre (Donna) and Tina Maddigan (Sophie) were invited to play their same roles in the original Broadway cast, which opened on October 18th, 2001 at the Winter Garden Theater, the former home of Cats. It now has toured in over 140 cities across America. As of April 2007, Mamma Mia has open run productions in: New York, London, Las Vegas, Madrid, Moscow, Stuttgart, Fukuoka (opens May 19th 07) Gothenburg (opening May 9th 07) Essen, also has an US tour and an International tour traveling to cities all over the globe. Mamma Mia! has also played in Melbourne, Australia and Utrecht, The Netherlands, and in Copenhagen and Horsens, Denmark.

Goofs:

Continuity: Early during the film there is a scene when a tremor is felt and the dolphin mosaic cracks. Later during the bachelorette party, everyone is dancing around the dolphin and the crack is missing. Sometime later during the film Donna attempts to repair the crack in the mosaic.

Quotes:

Rosie: [to Tanya] This is very greek.

Soundtrack:

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

A Pretty Missfire

Relentless like one of those loud action movies. The entire cast seems to be on speed. I didn't quite get the director's intentions if any. I wonder if she's ever seen a Stanley Donen, Vincent Minnelli or even a George Sidney musical. Structure, please! This is one hell of a mess and I loved Abba. The costumes the unflattering photography - unflattering towards the actors but loving towards the locations) The one thing that makes the whole thing bearable is the sight of Meryl Streep making a fool of herself. No chemistry with her friends (Christine Baranski and Julie Walters) think of Streep with Lily Tomlyn in the Altman film and you'll understand what I was hoping for. I was embarrassed in particular by Pierce Brosnam and Colin Firth. The audience, however, seemed to enjoy it so it probably it's just me.