A woman summons her three fathers to a mystical island to honk Abba songs at each other until one father emerges triumphant. Meryl Streep wears dungarees without any sort of consequence.
Trivia
The film originally featured all Nirvana songs, but when someone realised that there was an actual ABBA song called Mamma Mia, they decided to use all ABBA songs instead
It is based on the popular stage musical We Will Rock You
Mamma Mia was originally conceived in 1947 but, as pop music hadn’t been invented then, they decided to wait until the 2000s to start production
Legendary Swiss filmmaker Ingrid Bergman named Mamma Mia as his all-time favourite film
Bloopers
When Pierce Brosnan sings SOS, you can clearly see Toby Stephens’ Gustav Graves from Die Another Day pointing a gun at him. This was from a crossover James Bond plot that was abandoned during filming
The Winner Takes it All is actually not an ABBA song. It’s a Kendrick Lamar song from his 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.D city
Quotes
“Kisses for me, save all your kisses for me.”
“Die! You goddamn, bastard, son-of-a-bitch, DIE!”
Details
Full Name: Mamma Mia
Duration: 108 minutes
Release: 2008
Outlook: Sunny spells
Cheese: Stilton
Starring
Pierce Brosnan
Meryl Streep
One of the Skarsgårds
Hugh Grant, maybe? Someone like that
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