Cast Meryl Streep
Pierce Brosnan
Colin Firth
Amanda Seyfried
Stellan Skarsgard
Julie Walters
Christine Baranski
Screenwriter
Catherine Johnson
Director
Phyllida Lloyd
Running Time
108 minutes
An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends--practical and no-nonsense Rosie and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya--from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own. On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities. (Universal Pictures)
Essentially a collection of Abba songs levered awkwardly into a slight story. In my Sweeney Todd review I wondered what a difference casting musical theatre actors would have made and that goes one hundred fold here. It's sort of a karaoke musical.
