Review of "Mamma Mia!" (the movie)

My pal John Gillispie writes about movies for the Herald-Dispatch every Thursday, and he recently wrote about the DVD release of a film that has its origins in pop music and a popular stage show.

I'm talking about Mamma Mia, of course. You can read my comments when the film was originally released right here, and you can read John's review right here.

Here's an excerpt from his take:

Movies & More reviewer John Gillispie thinks Mamma Mia, which is rated PG-13 and stars Meryl Streep, Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan, is a humorous version of the musical that weaves the words of hit ABBA tunes into its plot.

Many, many years ago, I memorized all the words to all the songs on an eight-track tape featuring the chart hits of the Swedish group ABBA. When I was forced to clean and straighten my room as a kid, the music of ABBA seemed to help pass the time.

There really must be something special about the group's music since here we are, all these years later, and ABBA's music is at the center of a great new musical, which was released on DVD earlier this week.

Mamma Mia has already taken the stage by storm, and this summer, Meryl Streep and her co-stars scored a box office smash with the film version of the musical. Last week, the film was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy category.