Mamma Mia!
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We rented Mamma Mia! from Netflix and watched it over the weekend, and it was perfectly suited to our mood. Delightfully over-the-top, with dreadful performances (who knew Pierce Brosnan couldn't sing his way out of a paper bag?), classic songs, beautiful island locations, and a trio of broads (Meryl Streep, Julie Walters, and Christine Baranski) gaggling, honking, and brazenly chomping their way through the scenery. Come for the lark of it, and you'll have a good time. But expect nothing. Well, expect ABBA music, in ludicrously contrived situations, an amusingly Greek greek chorus, a set piece with beautiful men in flippers, and Stellan Skarsgård trying to play to type.
If you're in the right mood: ★★★★☆
If you're incurably male, or born after 1975: ★★☆☆☆
It must be the incurable male in me (tiny as he may be) that won't let me comprehend the mood I'd have to be in to give this movie four stars out of five. I will, however, take your word that it's a fun romp.
You have to understand, Tiffany was laughing out loud at this movie (at, perhaps not with) and that's a rare thing. I do believe the three broads appealed to her.