OK, here is my man card.
Right up front, have to come clean.
Coming of age in the 70s, I really
liked ABBA. I still do.
Have seen Mama Mia on Broadway or
Vegas or other venues about 7 times.
Makes me feel good.
The first movie was OK, except they
should have dubbed 007’s singing and
Meryl Streep was too old.
They should have had the Ab Fab
women play two of the three main
players.
But overall they did a good job
replicating the play.
New movie... meh. My wife liked
it. It attempted to tell the back
story.
Glad MoviePass is still in
business.
Some songs I have never heard, not
sure if they were new creations or
just ABBA stuff that was not that well
known.
The addition of Cher seemed silly
and really did nothing for the story.
The actress (Lily James) playing
the young Meryl Streep is fantastic.
I thought she was the cell phone
commercial girl, looks similar.
I don’t recognize any of her IMDB
filmography entries.
Lily James
Milana Vayntrub
AT&T Girl