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Mamma Mia!
2008
Romance, Comedy
1h 48m
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA.
Directed by:
Phyllida LloydScreenwriter:
Catherine JohnsonMamma Mia!
2008
Romance, Comedy
1h 48m
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Rated 25 Aug 2021
72
22nd
So... they decided to take the most annoying, obnoxious tropes of both chick flicks and musicals and put them all in one movie. I can only assume a drunken wager between studio executives was involved.
Rated 25 Aug 2021
Rated 11 Jan 2009
13
7th
Manages to hit almost every single chick-flick and musical stereotype, which would be a milestone if it was a satire. However it's not and portrayed as a serious musical, or rather as seriously as musicals can be. Now if you like musicals or ABBA this is probably a treat but if you're like me and don't think is just painful to sit through. PAINFUL.
Rated 11 Jan 2009
Rated 08 Jul 2017
45
15th
I've burned through several abba gold cds and I've now burnt my bluray player so it can never play this movie again.
Rated 08 Jul 2017
Rated 11 Aug 2009
1
0th
The worst thing I've ever seen. Jesus, when even Meryl Streep is unbearable you know something's up. The only reason it has ONE point is because it's not as horribly offensive as the things I actually did give 0. I don't even mind ABBA or their music or anything, it's the acting and everything else that sucks so completely horribly.
Rated 11 Aug 2009
Rated 26 Mar 2012
25
8th
What a piece of flowery crap. I had minimal expectations based on the strong cast, but it quickly failed to impress on any level. I'm sure it was a blast to make, but it was hellish torture to watch. Honestly, I didn't even finish it. These films that try to build a story around an artist's catalog of greatest hits don't work unless they're an artistic concept piece. This just had a bunch of horrible camera work, a corny emotional schlop of a script and mixed results on the song presentations.
Rated 26 Mar 2012
Rated 04 Jan 2012
5
4th
It's some peoples thing and they're going to love it. Personally it ranks amongst the most awful experiences of my life.
Rated 04 Jan 2012
Rated 19 Jul 2010
1
18th
i think you develop some kind of sixth sense that allows you to enjoy this movie only after going through menopause
Rated 19 Jul 2010
Rated 15 Feb 2010
10
2nd
they made me watch!... THEY MADE ME WATCH!!!
Rated 15 Feb 2010
Rated 23 Feb 2009
44
13th
What a cut-and-paste mess this "lively" musical is. Sure it moves and jumps around, but that's all it does. The story is paper-thin, barely touched-on. The romance doesn't work in the slightest with Streep's or Seyfried's plots, there isn't an ounce of character development, and after all is said and done - the one plot thread holding this together is thrown out. The songs are fun, the dancing poorly choreographed, Pierce Brosnan is as terrible as they say, and overall, this movie is plain bad.
Rated 23 Feb 2009
Rated 30 Sep 2008
15
2nd
I know, i know...but i was with my cousin, and i swear, there was no other options for a 10 years old kid; by the way, that's exactly how old your mind must be, to really enjoy this crap.
PS: There's nothing worst than an actress who believes that being always with a crying-face and tears almots falling, it's some kind of signal of good acting.
Rated 30 Sep 2008
Rated 30 Aug 2022
80
88th
Complètement pour. Déjà parce que le film vous invite à découvrir le groupe Abba, et même si certains acteurs ne savent pas chanter (ridicule Pierce Brosnan), d'autres sont parfaits dans leur rôle : Meryl Streep, la révélation Amanda Seyfried, et Dominic Cooper. L'intrigue ne vaut pas un pet de lapin mais c'est amusant et le plaisir touristique de la Grèce est bien présent. Je retourne écouter Abba !
Rated 30 Aug 2022
Rated 05 Jul 2018
15
9th
this is essentially an Adam Sandler movie: a bunch of (theoretically) A-list actors getting paid to go on vacation. the only difference is that Adam Sandler never ruined ABBA, one of the greatest bands of all time, and at least had the courtesy to cast Norm Macdonald in small roles. had Norm played Pierce Brosnan's role, this movie would be incredible. as it stands, it's a dull comedy of errors, where the biggest error is watching it
Rated 05 Jul 2018
Rated 26 Oct 2012
10
1st
This was the UKs highest grossing film until Avatar. I never thought I'd say this...but thank you, James Cameron.
Rated 26 Oct 2012
Rated 21 Oct 2010
57
22nd
I don't care for their music for the most part, but the film itself seemed sloppy. Everyone did seem to be having fun though.
Rated 21 Oct 2010
Rated 07 Oct 2009
13
10th
Intolerable combination of good music with sleezy chick movie story. Could not see it till the end.
Rated 07 Oct 2009
Rated 26 Apr 2009
16
1st
Just about every movie imaginable is better than this piece of shit. I saw this in theaters when my aunt shangai'd my fiance and I and I came out with a mouth tasting of bile and deaf in one ear. Keep away from middle aged single women. Or your mom. Unless you want to hear ABBA for the next four months every time you're within their singing voice. The one redeeming factor is Amanda Seyfried's big boobs and penchant for wearing a bathing suit while on screen.
Rated 26 Apr 2009
Rated 09 Oct 2008
89
96th
Ok, it's campy to the extreme, but it knows it and plays with it. ABBA is amazing and it's awesome to see older people so excited about life.
Rated 09 Oct 2008
Rated 06 Aug 2008
95
96th
Loved every minute, I even loved the fact that Pierce Bronson can't sing! ABBA is the greatest.
Rated 06 Aug 2008
Rated 22 Jul 2022
5
24th
A wild, campy mix of sitcom-esque green screens and goofy comedy, Greek island-breeze(d) through ridiculous plot points, and frequent brazen musical numbers. Plus a weird amount of sweeping cinematic camera movement. Any doubt on whether I liked all this was washed away with the perfect Pied Piper-esque rendition of "Dancing Queen" and the adorable three-dad date on a boat that followed. It drags a bit pre-wedding with two long, sappy songs, but gets back on track with the ceremony drama.
Rated 22 Jul 2022
Rated 12 Apr 2019
21
9th
God, this is bad. Idiotic "plot", apparently suggested by the collection of some--but, thankfully not all--of my favorite ABBA songs, and they are all massacred. Only one cast member can really sing: Christine Baranski. Seyfried sort of can, but she's so very irritating you just want her to shut up. Meryl Streep has proven she knew how to sing at one time (in Postcards from the Edge), but she seems to have forgotten much of what she knew. Pierce Brosnan is AWFUL. The Greek island is gorgeous.
Rated 12 Apr 2019
Rated 06 Aug 2018
40
15th
Would have been nice if there were any characters instead of cardboard cutouts of annoying archetypes. Hard not to bop along to badly sung ABBA songs though
Rated 06 Aug 2018
Rated 16 Aug 2014
2
7th
Mamma Mia is a film that isn't targeted at people like myself. So I was never going to like this film. However I do like Abba and I love many of their songs. But what I hate about this film is the interpretation, execution and ultimately theft of these songs. From now on it seems when people hear these songs they now associate them with the Mamma Mia film & stage show. As apposed to the the great 70s pop group Abba. And also I just find the likes of Pierce Brosnan singing incredibly unsettling.
Rated 16 Aug 2014
Rated 16 Aug 2013
70
3rd
This is one reason why musicals have a bad reputation.
Rated 16 Aug 2013
Rated 24 Feb 2013
30
12th
The music is fun...but the movie itself. OH GOD. The movie itself is awful.
Rated 24 Feb 2013
Rated 11 Feb 2013
35
10th
3+ might want to skip this one
Rated 11 Feb 2013
Rated 11 Jan 2013
10
1st
The plot is extremely flimsy, the choreography is mostly laughably bad, the songs almost always feel incredibly forced, quite a few of the characters are loud, shallow and annoying (apart from Sophie, who is lovely and a couple of the males who are adequate), the humour is generally not what you'll be laughing at and two of the three romances (Streep's and Walter's) are completely unbelievable. Hatehatehatehatehatehate
Rated 11 Jan 2013
Rated 11 Nov 2012
26
3rd
MAMMA MIA! is a film completely tuned in to the needs of its audience, if that audience desires nothing more than strip-mining well-crafted pop songs in service of drunken celebrity karaoke. Seyfried and Streep are admirably committed--and can actually carry a tune--while the rest is as hollow and saccharine as a chocolate egg.
Rated 11 Nov 2012
Rated 07 Jan 2012
1
13th
Meryl Streep, I will always love you. Seriously though, what the hell were you thinking?
Rated 07 Jan 2012
Rated 03 May 2011
44
13th
A bland, ineptly directed effort that wants to be simple, glossy, sugary fun but isn't inspired enough visually to actually BE so. It doesn't help that the cast's singing abilities range from pretty good (the great Amanda Seyfried) to overblown (Meryl Streep, who shouldn't be here) to outright awful (Pierce Brosnan, who REALLY shouldn't be here).
Rated 03 May 2011
Rated 27 Dec 2010
20
2nd
It's for Merly Streep and Pierce Brosnan in his hilarous final costume...
Rated 27 Dec 2010
Rated 24 Oct 2009
16
4th
It was nice that they recruited the stage director of Mamma Mia! to make her feature film debut with the bigscreen version of jukebox musical sensation. Maybe someone should have first determined whether or not she had any flair for working in the very different medium. The film is horribly clumsy, all jump zooms and painful clowning. The ABBA songs are wedged in haphazardly and often sung with with so much vigor by the actors that it starts to come across as a weirdly catchy form of aggression.
Rated 24 Oct 2009
Rated 07 Sep 2009
40
11th
Greece is a gorgeous place, but that ain't enough to make a feauture film, not even adding fun ABBA songs in the mix. Seyfried and Streep are a lot of fun to watch though.
Rated 07 Sep 2009
Rated 24 Aug 2009
30
1st
I never wanna hear Pierce Brosnan sing again...
Rated 24 Aug 2009
Rated 27 Jul 2009
56
23rd
It's just way to in your face with the camp and everyone from the main leads to the back up dancers are constantly mugging.
Rated 27 Jul 2009
Rated 08 Jun 2009
80
80th
Mostly good parts but Streep should have bowed out for someone younger who could sing and dance better, and Brosnan's singing was embarrassing (love him to death otherwise), but fortunately he doesn't sing too often. Why didn't they at least dub their voices? If Clooney could be dubbed for O Brother! so too could she.
Rated 08 Jun 2009
Rated 19 Mar 2009
15
10th
"Even the most exuberant musical numbers feel either flat or forced."
Rated 19 Mar 2009
Rated 17 Feb 2009
72
80th
Beautiful musical with lovely, great ABBA-songs. Despite those great ABBA-songs the story was decent but not so great.
Rated 17 Feb 2009
Rated 29 Jan 2009
33
27th
While nobody doubts the talents of ABBA, using this as an excuse for the adaptation of such a ridiculous and contrived excuse for a musical isn't something to be encouraged. Peel back the layers and you'll find beyond the odd decent performance and the stellar music that there lies a gaping chasm where the film completely lacks any kind of soul. Instead it rips this from the music, something which cannot be commended when coupled with the torridness of the plotline dragging behind it.
Rated 29 Jan 2009
Rated 05 Jan 2009
40
16th
Loved ABBA - but this is to Abba what George W Bush is to international diplomacy. Apart from the fact that the actors in a musical can't sing and there is no plot and the humour isn't funny.... Best summed up by a little known Abba track 'Disillusion!'
Rated 05 Jan 2009
Rated 03 Jan 2009
80
79th
Young cast is a bit of a let down, but the grown ups make up for it. The plot takes leaps, has holes (and bears similarities to the Three Men and a Baby/Lady arc) and Pierce's singing is a bit dodgy. Plus its a bit long. But I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this film. Worth a look. But trim the music numbers and make them less obviously music video... Oh, and it needs a better Choreographer
Rated 03 Jan 2009
Rated 30 Dec 2008
30
4th
5 points each of 2 musical numbers that was actually well done, crap movie, crap story, crap musical numbers/choreography. Crap.
Rated 30 Dec 2008
Rated 09 Aug 2008
20
2nd
Just not good. Horrible pacing.
Rated 09 Aug 2008
Rated 29 Jul 2008
22
14th
Campy, but it has alright songs once in a while. Still...PISS ON THIS!
Rated 29 Jul 2008
Rated 28 Jul 2008
70
34th
Nothing in this film makes it deserve to have musical numbers in it, it seems that the music in this movie just impedes further plot development, the good singers belong in high school theater and the good actors should not be singing, the saving graces of this movie are that it does have some good actors, although they don't get to act much with all the song and dance going on, and it has some fantastic scenery of the Mediterranean. And there's ABBA, if that's your thing.
Rated 28 Jul 2008
Rated 26 Jul 2008
100
94th
Absolutely loved it!!!!! Hilarious and Euphoric!
Rated 26 Jul 2008
Rated 25 Jul 2008
100
0th
Funniest movie I've seen in years!!! Absolutely fantastic!
Rated 25 Jul 2008
Rated 22 Jul 2008
95
79th
This is absolutely hilarious! I've also seen the play twice & adore it, so the movie had a lot to live up to, & it did! My only complaints were that, sadly, I felt Brosnan was a little lacking (especially during the songs) & I felt Streep was about ten years older than her character probably should be - but, her acting made up for it! Otherwise, Skarsgard & Firth: brilliant! Walters & Baranski: perfectly cast! Even Seyfried & Cooper were great! The songs even translated really well! Awesome!!
Rated 22 Jul 2008
Rated 21 Jul 2008
90
70th
Sweet and funny. And Meryl Streep is great as always!
Rated 21 Jul 2008
Rated 19 Jul 2008
95
52nd
Its good, little cheesy but its very enjoyable especially if you are an Abba fan! I really enjoyed it.
Rated 19 Jul 2008
Rated 23 Aug 2024
100
89th
best movie ever
Rated 23 Aug 2024
Rated 17 Aug 2024
80
25th
This may be controversial but I don’t review movies based on quality of the movie. I prefer to rate on how much I enjoy it. This movie is definitely not a think piece, it’s not thoughtful or nuanced, and just has 2008 written all over it. Flashy and gimmicky would not be inaccurate. But boy is this movie fun. Couple that with the nostalgia of being the dancing queen of my living room at 8 years old and this became one of my most rewatched movie. Doesn’t take itself too seriously and a good time
Rated 17 Aug 2024
Rated 03 Mar 2024
58
38th
It's fascinating that their technique for editing a stage musical down into a movie was to cut everything *but* the songs. There's multiple sections where one ABBA song is followed by another and another with no breaks. In a normal musical that can work - I mean, that's Hamilton. But in a jukebox musical, the songs weren't made to be part of a coherent story, and telling one requires a heck of a lot more scaffolding than this. Still, the excess of spectacle is compelling - it's an Experience.
Rated 03 Mar 2024
Rated 15 Sep 2023
6
53rd
Ahh how do I rate this. I was dancing to the songs, and making a face to the rest of it D:
Rated 15 Sep 2023
Rated 14 Aug 2023
90
79th
World-class actors singing and dancing on a beautiful Greek island – what's not to love? The actors looked like they were having a lot of fun, and I couldn't stop smiling throughout the movie. ABBA's songs were integrated well into the storyline.
Rated 14 Aug 2023
Rated 30 Jul 2023
40
18th
This isn't for me, and that's okay. I also realized rather quickly that I was overconfident in my knowledge of ABBA songs. Turns out, I only know, like, 4 of them.
Rated 30 Jul 2023
Rated 25 Jul 2023
64
0th
eh
Rated 25 Jul 2023
Rated 30 Mar 2023
24
4th
The most annoying film of all time. I hate the kind of people who find this represents something.
Rated 30 Mar 2023
Rated 17 Mar 2023
67
33rd
audiovisual 75 acting 55 overall feeling 70 avg 67
Rated 17 Mar 2023
Rated 29 Aug 2022
93
87th
She is cozy with amazing music.
Rated 29 Aug 2022
Rated 22 Aug 2022
38
14th
As a Fan of ABBA, musicals and most of the cast I was excited to finally watch this. Unfortunately, this was a high disappointment. The acting was actually painfully bad and had me cringing more often than I’d like to admit. A lot of the songs weren’t well performed and the story was very threadbare and two-dimensional.
Rated 22 Aug 2022
Rated 09 Aug 2022
15
4th
Ignoring story, which must somehow connect the songs, who the hell is this for? Why would any fan of ABBA want to hear their songs sung by bad singers!!?
Rated 09 Aug 2022
Rated 08 Jun 2022
60
53rd
forgot to rate, i liked amanda seyfried.
Rated 08 Jun 2022
Rated 28 Sep 2021
78
49th
Pretty fun if you're in the mood to see Meryl Streep vamp. It goes without saying to watch only if you like ABBA. Pierce Brosnan's strained voice is a feature, not a bug.
Rated 28 Sep 2021
Rated 27 Sep 2021
51
25th
I wasn't expecting a great movie but I was expecting a better one. Although watchable, its story is worse and more ridiculous than I expected, and nobody in this movie has a good voice, ABBA deserved so much better. Still, it's ok for killing time.
Rated 27 Sep 2021
Rated 24 Aug 2021
67
29th
This film's a perfect example of music not being enough to carry anything.
Rated 24 Aug 2021
Rated 18 Nov 2020
20
4th
Müzikal, Akdeniz, Evlilik, Düğün, Baba SPOILER babasının kim olduğunu bilmeyen kız annesinin günlüğünü bulur ve olası üç babasını düğününe davet eder. Konusu ilginç, müzikal oldukça sıkıcı.
Rated 18 Nov 2020
Rated 22 Oct 2020
17
8th
what a literally painful experience oh my fucking god this was absolutely terrible wtf
Rated 22 Oct 2020
Rated 23 Aug 2020
18
9th
D
Rated 23 Aug 2020
Rated 12 Jul 2020
50
60th
Probably a bad movie. I don't know. I don't care. Watching this movie while drunk with huge fans who knew every song and line was one of the most blissful experience of my life. Plus there were two dogs watching.
Rated 12 Jul 2020
Rated 14 Apr 2020
63
16th
It did feel pretty long and tedious by the end with the amount of times they break off into song, but I enjoyed this movie and found myself getting the soundtrack stuck in my head for, well life. Too many songs and not enough story, buuuut I would recommend if you're a musical buff.
Rated 14 Apr 2020
Rated 13 Apr 2020
70
75th
Abba müzikali. Annesinin, gençken 3 erkekle ilişkiye girip adamları postalayınca, kızı da düğünü için babasını aramaya başlar. Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan ve Stellan Skarsgard adaya gelir. Yunanistan manzaralı tatil filmi. Şarkıların yeri ve zamanı tam on ikiden. Eğlenceli olduğu kadar oynak. Filmin sonunda, kızımız evleneceğine annemiz evleniyor. Eğlen güzelim gününü gün et.
Rated 13 Apr 2020
Rated 21 Mar 2020
38
15th
Outdated music and some overaged, hysterical women mixed together in a stupid plot.
Rated 21 Mar 2020
Rated 06 Mar 2020
5
18th
Entertaining easy going almost seems a bit amateurish.
Rated 06 Mar 2020
Rated 24 Feb 2020
30
12th
1 point for each minute i watched before turning to my friend and saying "i'm sorry, i love abba but i simply cannot do this"
Rated 24 Feb 2020
Rated 25 Oct 2019
64
29th
the formula mamma mia doesn't work in the cinema
Rated 25 Oct 2019
Rated 03 Sep 2019
94
90th
Cheerfully silly jukebox musical blows away all those that came after it by settling on a frothy confection of a screenplay that's really just an excuse for a loveable cast to gamely attempt ABBA karaoke, to greater (Streep, Baranski) and lesser (Walters, Brosnan) success. Great fun if you click with its admittedly indulgent and even campy tone, with Streep proving she can bring her mettle to any project, and Brosnan, Firth, Skarsgard, Walters and Baranski having a whale of a time.
Rated 03 Sep 2019
Rated 18 Sep 2018
49
18th
It really doesn't hold together at all. Music is good, but I wouldn't even say that all of the versions are particularly exciting and its introductions are incredibly hammy. A big fat ehhh
Rated 18 Sep 2018
Rated 15 Sep 2018
78
64th
Pierce Brosnan singing ! Meryl Streep chewing up the screnery :D Incredible camp and indestructable abba pop songs. There exists a good bad taste in which films like this live in.
Rated 15 Sep 2018
Rated 16 Aug 2018
31
15th
The acting is good, but the story is perhaps the laziest in the history of jukebox musicals. Entertaining if you can completely ignore the plot.
Rated 16 Aug 2018
Rated 12 Aug 2018
55
34th
It's infectiously charming... until it isn't. It could've been at least fifteen minutes shorter, some numbers were completely irrelevant and it's not like the music doesn't get repetitive.
Rated 12 Aug 2018
Rated 05 Aug 2018
43
7th
I really found this boring and nearly unwatchable. I could not care less about who was her father.
Rated 05 Aug 2018
Rated 22 Jul 2018
7
2nd
Bad celebrity karaoke and menopausal thrills, the closest I came to enjoying myself was when Pierce Brosnan shot the idea that all Irish men can sing in the back of the head.
Rated 22 Jul 2018
Rated 10 Jun 2018
30
15th
Beautiful setting, terrible singing except for Seyfried.
Rated 10 Jun 2018
Rated 22 May 2018
80
57th
I loved ABBA before this musical. I loved them even more after. While perhaps not the greatest musical in existence, I still really enjoy it and watch it when I'm in the mood for a good time.
Rated 22 May 2018
Rated 22 Apr 2018
10
4th
Interesting casting choices. Hard to find another musical where half the main cast can't sing/ dance.
Rated 22 Apr 2018
Rated 24 Jun 2017
66
35th
Falls flat in the second act and doesn't pick up the energy
Rated 24 Jun 2017
Rated 10 Jun 2017
90
80th
im the type of girl who like musical drama/ movie, even many people says that the cast didnt sing well, but still it got 4 stars from me!, i like the way amanda sefried played the role in there, she's kind, sweet girl, who look after her dad, at first she didnt know who was her dad, and meryl streep killing her role in here! she's such an actress who can play any kind of movie! outstanding!
Rated 10 Jun 2017
Rated 17 Jan 2017
30
2nd
Wtf was going on with all the sexual references?? Pierce, please don't sing..
Rated 17 Jan 2017
Rated 04 Aug 2015
60
28th
I can't get mad with the songs of ABBA, I just can't. That said, this film has barely enough plot to give an excuse to sing. And if you are thinking "isn't that most musicals", may I suggest West Side Story. As for this, all I can say is that the cast have a good time, so could you. Also, Pierce Brosnan sings and it is as magically bad as you imagine.
Rated 04 Aug 2015
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