Rating of
3/4
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MovieAddict - wrote on 02/19/12
Sophie travels to her mother Donna's (Meryl Streep) beautiful Greek island to get married. The plans are set, and the invitations have been sent out. But Sophie's idea of a complete dream wedding is to have her father give her away, and she has never met her real father. She stumbles upon her mother’s old diary from the year she was conceived and it turns out that, her mom spent that year having unprotected sex with three different blokes.Who cannot empathize with the young girl, about to be married, who does not know who her real father is? So Sophie invites them all (Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard) to her wedding. Will she be able to keep things secret while her mother pals about with her lifelong buddies (played by Julie Walters and Christine Baranski)?
Donna has no clue that Sophie took such actions, and when she finds out, the plans for the wedding spiral out of control. This movie was uplifting, humorous, romantic and energizing and with everything that was going on, the humor was very good and it never failed to make me chuckle.. If you are fan of ABBA you have to go see this movie. I happen to be a fan of ABBA and of Meryl. Streep, so I couldn't miss this one.
Is it cheesy? Insanely so, but honestly, I loved every second of cheese. Hopefully, no one really expects something serious from a plot based on ABBA songs. :) Movies are supposed to entertain and I can't remember the last time I was just plain entertained for every second of a movie.
