Rotten
A sage once advised being wary of movies in which the people on screen are having more fun than the people in the audience. Mamma mia, was that good advice.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Mamma Mia!
A mother. A daughter. Three possible fathers. A trip down the aisle you'll never forget.
2008 · 1h 48m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Phyllida Lloyd
Overview
A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of finding her biological father to walk her down the aisle.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The legal definition of torture has been much aired in recent years, and I take Mamma Mia! to be a useful contribution to that debate.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
A lot of fun.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
The movie's spirit is somewhere between High School Musical and Hedwig and the Angry Inch; it's at once dorkily wholesome and proudly slutty.
Dana Stevens, Slate
Rotten
If you're invited, you might as well enjoy yourself. Just don't say I didn't warn you. And don't you dare say I hate ABBA.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
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