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Mamma Mia Movie Record On Box Office, The movie Mamma Mi a! became the U.K.’s highest-grossing movie ever last year, with 69 million pounds ($113 million) in ticket sales according to Bloomberg.com citing a report from the U.K. Film Council. In doing so, the movie musical surpassed the box office take of the 1997 film, Titanic. Other movies with U.K. producers, directors, writers, and/or cast and crew last year included The Dark Knight and Quantum of Solace, and in total films from the U.
Jul.07, 2009 in Uncategorized Hey,I’m bored and Id like to watch a Meryl Streep movie but I don’t know what to watch.I’ve seen -Mamma Mia! -Devil wears Prada -A series of unfortunate events -Kramer vs. Kramer -The seduction of Joe Tynan -Doubtcan you please recommend me something to watch I’d love you forever Tags: devil wears prada, doubt, kramer vs kramer, mamma mia, meryl streep, seduction of joe tynan, series of unfortunate events
Liz encourages Jack to try to find his real father.
Added: May 08, 2009
Air date: May 07, 2009
Duration: 21:35
Liz encourages Jack to try to find his real father.
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The delirious sight of Meryl Streep leading a river of multigenerational women singing “Dancing Queen” is one of the high points of Mamma Mia!, the musical built around the songs of the hugely popular pop group ABBA. The plot sets in motion when Sophie (Amanda Seyfried, Mean Girls), daughter of Donna (Streep), sends a letter to three men, inviting them to her wedding–because after reading her mother’s diary, she suspects that one of them is her father. When all three arrive at the Greek island where Donna runs a hotel, Donna flips out and finds that passions she thought she’d laid aside are coming back to life. But let’s face it, the plot is not the point–it’s a ridiculous contrivance that provides an excuse for the characters to sing the massive hits of ABBA. Regrettably, first-time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who directed the original stage production) has drawn over-the-top performances from everyone involved, even Streep; every production number hammers its exuberance into your eyeballs. Which is too bad, because Mamma Mia! is a rarity: A middle-aged love story. The kids start things off, but the story is really about Streep and the three guys (former James Bond Pierce Brosnan, former Mr. Darcy Colin Firth, and Swedish star Stellan Skarsgard), as well as Donna’s best friends (Christine Baranski, best known from the TV show Cybill, and Julie Walters, Calendar Girls). It’s a romantic comedy aimed at the people who were around when all these songs were new, and that’s an age group Hollywood largely ignores. For that alone, Mamma Mia! deserves to find an audience. –Bret Fetzer
Stills from Mamma Mia! (Click for larger image)
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5 Stars Mamma Mia!
I absolutely love this movie!!! The music is fantastic, the singing phenomenal (the girls mostly), and the acting incredible!!! Meryl Streep is absolutely at her finest (yet again) as Donna while up and comer Amanda Seyfried has the perfect mix of ballsy innocence and moxie as Sophie. The bonus features are fun (Karaoke anyone??) and the commentaries great. Blooper reel is funny and I could go on forever. A must have for your collection.
5 Stars Mamma Mia the movie
A really and truly feel-good movie with catchy songs that stay in your head. Can really be recommended, and not only for chics - I have around me a number of men who like it too, and feel good by it, although they do not always aknowledge that in public.
5 Stars Over the Top But Top-Rate
“Mama Mia” is an entertaining fluffy, fizzy flick that will certainly not tax your brain. I’ve seen it three times on stage so was prepped for the movie version. It was fun to watch the way they movie-masters opened up the stage version to the panoramic natural setting of the beautiful Greek islands although the expansiveness didn’t always click. Originally the musical’s creators took some catchy Abba songs and wove them together into a plot-line that was above-average or more sophisticated than is usual when musical-makers start with a canon of songs.
In Blu-Ray the Greek island settings are gorgeous. Meryl Streep is exceptionally good in this version as is Pierce Brosnan. Neither one comes over very well in the CD soundtrack when you can’t see them acting because their voices can’t carry the day alone. The entire cast does a creditable job.
Some of the musical numbers are way over-produced and over-peopled. Less would have been better. The early number “Money, Money, Money” is way over the top. The yacht scenes bear no reference to the island life and are a phony dream sequence. Some numbers are hectic, frenetic and seem like they’re filmed in fast motion. There are too many extras bouncing up and down to the Abba beat and overpopulating the screen. Too many Greek peasant women and armies of dancers come advancing off the screen and into your lap. Everyone is dancing their hearts away.
Audiences unused to the unreality of the old-fashioned movie musicals are going to be overwhelmed by the overkill. We have forgotten how to suspend disbelief when it comes to the openness of musicals. Breaking into song has become bizarre for those unused to the old genre.
Meryl Streep uses her particular acting skills to put over certain numbers particularly “The Winner Takes It All.”
It seems foolish to quibble about a movie that has a lot of laughs, burlesque turns, snappy popsicle music, a pretty good plot, and keeps you entertained.
The movie has a vitality, a joie de vivre that is certainly good for these hard economic times. Just don’t expect Sondheim or Leonard Bernstein. The DVD is crammed with extra features for those who have the time. This is a movie for those who crave sheer exuberance.
Last Passage to Santiago
Nine Lives Too Many
The Daemon in Our Dreams
The Rice Queen Spy
Clawed Back from the Dead
4 Stars Mamma Mia
My Girlfriend had borrowed the movie from my mother and could not seem to get enough of it.So i got it for her as a gift and she has probably watched it at least 20 times so far.Well worth the money
5 Stars Mama Mia- the movie
I had seen the movie and bought it because I loved it so much in the theatre. It is wonderful even the second and third time I watched it.
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5 Stars I love to cry at the movies… I cried a lot with Australia!
I loved this movie. It has everything: adventure, comedy, action, treason, magic… and it is a great story. I loved the song from Wizard of Oz and how it is a theme for this movie.
I don’t know if this story really happened, but it is a great story. If it didn’t happen, I’m glad somebody wrote it, and it happens on the screen. Apparently the mistreatment of Australian natives and the arrogance of the Australian Government to rip half-breed children away from their aborigine parents really happened. According to the movie, the Australian Government apologized for the mistreatment of its aborigines many years after it occurred.
I cried the first time I saw this movie. I love it when a movie is so good that it can make me cry. This movie made me cry several times. So I went to see it again, to see if the first time I saw it it was really so good. It was really so good.
So I went to see it again a third time, and a fourth time, and I think a fifth time, too. And I cry each time. And I can’t get over it, I cry each time I see the movie.
I love Nicole Kidman. I wish I could kiss her, she is so great. She steals the show. And Hugh Jackman… he is also so great he steals the show. And the little boy is fantastic… he is magic… he steals the show too. And King George… he steals the show, just standing there… A show where 4 actors steal the show, that’s a show!
I am going to place my order now for the Blu-Ray of this movie. It won’t be released until next month, but I want to order it now. I don’t have many movies in Blu-Ray, but I have a small collection of Blu-Rays of the very special movies I love, like Big Fish, Phantom of the Opera, Finding Neverland, Across the Universe… and now without any doubt, Australia.
I really loved this movie.
5 Stars Who says they don’t make em like they used to?
I was looking forward to seeing this movie when it was release late last year given all the hype, and was not dissappointed!
Director, Baz Luhman, has served up a slab of nostalgia ala Australian style with all those beautiful elements we love from films of the 40’s and 50’s, breathtaking, sweeping landscapes, gorgeous costumes and two fine actors in Kidman and Jackman who get the essence of the film. It nostalgia in every sense of the word, in every frame. The acting style reminds us of Bogart, Grant, Bacall and Dunne. The story is epic in every way and just lovely. I loved the salute to “The Wizard of Oz”a really nice touch!
Of course we all know how it’s going to end. Watching Australia was like eating a box of Quality Street chocolates. Sure I know what I’m getting, but I still love it.
For those of you who want to spend a few hours (and I mean a few; it’s almost 3 hours) being completely entertained then thisis the movie for you. I only wished they had inserted an interval on it’s theatrical release and made the whole event at the movies a real nostalgic experience.
I can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t like this movie, unless you just aren’t up for a feel good picture. I want to see more movies being made like this!!!! Well done to all!!!
5 Stars A fine story of love, culture, and history!
Having seen the movie more than once has given me a more nuanced appreciation of this epic movie. Its storyline tackles the relationship between two people coming from different cultures who eventually found themselves together — initially at odds, in love, and part of a family unit — all amidst the backdrop of the sprawling Australian outback, the divide of races and social strata, the age-old clash between good and evil, and the onset of the second world war in the Pacific! The movie experience is like curling up with an extraordinary epic novel - and at the end feeling what a well-spent afternoon it has been!
The movie’s length does justice to this tale of love and adventure in a faraway culture and of unusual natural beauty. The cinematography provides all the lush scenes of the Australian landscape, the rush of blood in some of the most awesome action scenes, and the loving closeups of the story of the relationship between Lady Sarah Ashley, The Drover, and their defacto son, Nullah! The musical score gives the movie the perfect complement to the excellent cinematography. The story unwinds from an initial meeting full of comedic winks ( including the now famous shower scene - featuring the leading man!) and clashing cultures. It then dawns on the central role played by the child Nullah and his aboriginal culture. Plus what would an epic movie be without the quintessential villains? As the movie progresses and we witness the triumph of the independent cattle company versus the monopoly, it also gives us a slice of Australian history and its development in its early frontiers. When the second world war breaks out and it marches down to Darwin, we are caught in another story between good and evil, so cinematically well-portrayed. And they lived happily ever after, with a twist –the expected end of a truly epic movie!
Who are the main characters and how are they portrayed?
Lady Sarah Ashley is the English rose who became an adopted daughter of the Australian frontier. She is transformed into a loving nurturer of a child and the harsh land because the relationship which came into her life also changed her outlook. Nicole Kidman very ably portrays this complicated woman who changes from a non-sympathetic character to a caring heroine. This transformation is so well portrayed in the changing face of Lady Ashley - from the very beautiful and well-turned out woman to the woman whose inner beauty shines through her bedgraggled locks and almost plain face and through her pained expression as she undergoes tragedy and is touched by sorrow, and finally to the look of someone who has come to terms with what is important in life. This is one of Nicole’s best movie portrayals!
The Drover has a mysterious past and a rough image as we are first introduced to him. He is a man who is iconic in the history of the outback but it was his reaching out to the shunned aboriginal community in the past which showed that he was an extraordinary man. In the song by Elton John, played second in the movie credits, called The Drover’s Ballad, his story turns out to be rich in tragedy and a life full of love for the outback, which gives us more of a complete picture of this man with a heart of gold. The tragic life seems to follow him even much later in the movie - and this is where he shows his heart on his sleeve! Hugh Jackman is magnificent in the role and it is hard to imagine anybody else giving a more masterful performance. The magnificence is not just in how he looked ( Baz Luhrmann did show Hugh Jackman as the representation of physical perfection…surprisingly, because the other choice was Nicole Kidman) but also in his acting chops. There are several scenes where Hugh displays his acting range at the highest emotional level - when he realizes that the people he loved may have become victims of the tragedy of war…and then the realization that fate had actually been kinder. Who can’t help but be mesmerized by his face and his voice in the scene by the burning war HQ and at the ruined bar, in the Mission Island rescue, and at the wharf in Darwin? Had the past of the drover been more meaningfully played out on the screen, the role could have garnered Hugh an award recognition!
The third important role is the child Nullah, as charmingly portrayed by a new child actor named Brandon Walters. He charms everyone except the villain. He is in a sense at the heart of the story and Brandon makes us follow Nullah’s journey with almost a maternal/paternal eye for his welfare in the story. At the end, he is conflicted about his real family and culture, but I am sure that when Nullah grows up, it will both cultures and both families that he will truly call his own!
Kudos likewise to the actors who portrayed the main villain, the iconic aboriginal character, the Drover’s friend and main man, even the hotel keeper and his gruff ways…as well as to the other Australian actors who gave life to this epic story.
The creatives have done well to transform such a tale magnificently on screen! Baz Luhrmann provides the vision and the direction of the story-telling with such interesting and charismatic characters and amidst a magnificent background of natural beauty, culture, and slices of history!
While the movie could only be given full justice in a cinema with its impressive big screen and excellent sound, I would still love to get a DVD/blu-ray version to allow me to see it again and again - much like wanting to read and re-read a very good epic novel!
5 Stars Best Film of 2008
This movie was by far my favorite of 2008, even with such crowd-pleasers such as The Dark Knight and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It’s story is well formulated, honest, and believable. The acting is superb, with Hugh Jackman stealing his scenes and Nicole Kidman has the most developed character of any film she has ever done. Sprinkled intermittently with comedic moments, Australia is presented in a raw, emotional format with a hint of epic provided by the sweeping wide-angle shots of Australia’s scenery. This film deserved more ratings and awards than it has won, and it’s Baz’s best movie yet. Yes. Better than “Moulin Rouge!”. Best of 2008!
5 Stars Australia makes you wan’t to go and visit the outback.
I saw Australia when it was released in November, I had heard so many mixed reviews about it. But I have to say I was blown away, the movie is FANTASTIC, the story line is strong, the characters are awesome. Nichole Kidmand and Hugh are fantastic together. The other cast, Bryan Brown, and the rest are all awesome. This is your typical Australian film with the lingo to go with it. The scenary is fantastic it wan’t to make you go there.
I can’t wait for it to come out on onto dvd so I can have my copy and watch it over and over again.
I never listen to moview reviers , as I prefer to go and see a movie for myself and judge. And this movie is one for EVERYONE. Go out and watch before it comes out on DVD. You have to see the beauty of it on the big screen. The special effects are amazing. go and see AUSTRALIA.
Mamma Mia The Movie Full Screen
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father from three possible candidates told using songs by the popular 70s group abba. Based on the hit broadway musical. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/16/2008 Starring: Meryl Streep Colin Firth Run time: 109 minutes Rating: Pg13
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Mamma Mia!
I absolutely love this movie!!! The music is fantastic, the singing phenomenal (the girls mostly), and the acting incredible!!! Meryl Streep is absolutely at her finest (yet again) as Donna while up and comer Amanda Seyfried has the perfect mix of ballsy innocence and moxie as Sophie. The bonus features are fun (Karaoke anyone??) and the commentaries great. Blooper reel is funny and I could go on forever. A must have for your collection.
5 Stars Mamma Mia the movie
A really and truly feel-good movie with catchy songs that stay in your head. Can really be recommended, and not only for chics - I have around me a number of men who like it too, and feel good by it, although they do not always aknowledge that in public.
5 Stars Over the Top But Top-Rate
“Mama Mia” is an entertaining fluffy, fizzy flick that will certainly not tax your brain. I’ve seen it three times on stage so was prepped for the movie version. It was fun to watch the way they movie-masters opened up the stage version to the panoramic natural setting of the beautiful Greek islands although the expansiveness didn’t always click. Originally the musical’s creators took some catchy Abba songs and wove them together into a plot-line that was above-average or more sophisticated than is usual when musical-makers start with a canon of songs.
In Blu-Ray the Greek island settings are gorgeous. Meryl Streep is exceptionally good in this version as is Pierce Brosnan. Neither one comes over very well in the CD soundtrack when you can’t see them acting because their voices can’t carry the day alone. The entire cast does a creditable job.
Some of the musical numbers are way over-produced and over-peopled. Less would have been better. The early number “Money, Money, Money” is way over the top. The yacht scenes bear no reference to the island life and are a phony dream sequence. Some numbers are hectic, frenetic and seem like they’re filmed in fast motion. There are too many extras bouncing up and down to the Abba beat and overpopulating the screen. Too many Greek peasant women and armies of dancers come advancing off the screen and into your lap. Everyone is dancing their hearts away.
Audiences unused to the unreality of the old-fashioned movie musicals are going to be overwhelmed by the overkill. We have forgotten how to suspend disbelief when it comes to the openness of musicals. Breaking into song has become bizarre for those unused to the old genre.
Meryl Streep uses her particular acting skills to put over certain numbers particularly “The Winner Takes It All.”
It seems foolish to quibble about a movie that has a lot of laughs, burlesque turns, snappy popsicle music, a pretty good plot, and keeps you entertained.
The movie has a vitality, a joie de vivre that is certainly good for these hard economic times. Just don’t expect Sondheim or Leonard Bernstein. The DVD is crammed with extra features for those who have the time. This is a movie for those who crave sheer exuberance.
Last Passage to Santiago
Nine Lives Too Many
The Daemon in Our Dreams
The Rice Queen Spy
Clawed Back from the Dead
4 Stars Mamma Mia
My Girlfriend had borrowed the movie from my mother and could not seem to get enough of it.So i got it for her as a gift and she has probably watched it at least 20 times so far.Well worth the money
5 Stars Mama Mia- the movie
I had seen the movie and bought it because I loved it so much in the theatre. It is wonderful even the second and third time I watched it.
On the fictional island of Kalokairi, 20-year-old bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan (Amanda Seyfried) nervously posts three wedding invitations (”I Have a Dream”) to three different men. In response, from across the globe, they set off on their respective journeys.
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Added: February 19, 2009
Mamma Mia The Movie Widescreen
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father from three possible candidates told using songs by the popular 70s group abba. Based on the hit broadway musical. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/16/2008 Starring: Meryl Streep Colin Firth Run time: 109 minutes Rating: Pg13
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Mamma Mia!
I absolutely love this movie!!! The music is fantastic, the singing phenomenal (the girls mostly), and the acting incredible!!! Meryl Streep is absolutely at her finest (yet again) as Donna while up and comer Amanda Seyfried has the perfect mix of ballsy innocence and moxie as Sophie. The bonus features are fun (Karaoke anyone??) and the commentaries great. Blooper reel is funny and I could go on forever. A must have for your collection.
5 Stars Mamma Mia the movie
A really and truly feel-good movie with catchy songs that stay in your head. Can really be recommended, and not only for chics - I have around me a number of men who like it too, and feel good by it, although they do not always aknowledge that in public.
5 Stars Over the Top But Top-Rate
“Mama Mia” is an entertaining fluffy, fizzy flick that will certainly not tax your brain. I’ve seen it three times on stage so was prepped for the movie version. It was fun to watch the way they movie-masters opened up the stage version to the panoramic natural setting of the beautiful Greek islands although the expansiveness didn’t always click. Originally the musical’s creators took some catchy Abba songs and wove them together into a plot-line that was above-average or more sophisticated than is usual when musical-makers start with a canon of songs.
In Blu-Ray the Greek island settings are gorgeous. Meryl Streep is exceptionally good in this version as is Pierce Brosnan. Neither one comes over very well in the CD soundtrack when you can’t see them acting because their voices can’t carry the day alone. The entire cast does a creditable job.
Some of the musical numbers are way over-produced and over-peopled. Less would have been better. The early number “Money, Money, Money” is way over the top. The yacht scenes bear no reference to the island life and are a phony dream sequence. Some numbers are hectic, frenetic and seem like they’re filmed in fast motion. There are too many extras bouncing up and down to the Abba beat and overpopulating the screen. Too many Greek peasant women and armies of dancers come advancing off the screen and into your lap. Everyone is dancing their hearts away.
Audiences unused to the unreality of the old-fashioned movie musicals are going to be overwhelmed by the overkill. We have forgotten how to suspend disbelief when it comes to the openness of musicals. Breaking into song has become bizarre for those unused to the old genre.
Meryl Streep uses her particular acting skills to put over certain numbers particularly “The Winner Takes It All.”
It seems foolish to quibble about a movie that has a lot of laughs, burlesque turns, snappy popsicle music, a pretty good plot, and keeps you entertained.
The movie has a vitality, a joie de vivre that is certainly good for these hard economic times. Just don’t expect Sondheim or Leonard Bernstein. The DVD is crammed with extra features for those who have the time. This is a movie for those who crave sheer exuberance.
Last Passage to Santiago
Nine Lives Too Many
The Daemon in Our Dreams
The Rice Queen Spy
Clawed Back from the Dead
4 Stars Mamma Mia
My Girlfriend had borrowed the movie from my mother and could not seem to get enough of it.So i got it for her as a gift and she has probably watched it at least 20 times so far.Well worth the money
5 Stars Mama Mia- the movie
I had seen the movie and bought it because I loved it so much in the theatre. It is wonderful even the second and third time I watched it.