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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:mamma_mia.jpg\|thumb\|350px]] ''[[Mamma Mia!]]'' is athe 2008 film version of the hit stage musical of the same name that is based around the music of [[ABBA]]. It stars [[Meryl Streep]], [[Pierce Brosnan]], [[Amanda Seyfried]], Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters and Dominic Cooper. The plot is simple enough: 20-year-old Sophie (Seyfried) is the daughter of single mom and former rock star Donna (Streep). Sophie is getting married to Skye (Cooper) and wants her father at her wedding; unfortunately, she doesn't know who ithe is, as Donna never told her. To be fair, Donna herself doesn't know; [[Really Gets Around\|there were three guys]] right around the time she became pregnant: Sam (Brosnan), Harry (Firth) and Bill (Skarsgård). Sophie invites all three possible dads to her wedding to try and find her natural father. Throw in a Greek island, the other two members of Donna's former girl group (Baranski and Walters) and a dozen ABBA songs, and [[Hilarity Ensues]]. Line 16: * [[Anachronism Stew]]: Most glaringly, although the film is apparently set in the early 2000s, 20-year-old Sophie is explicitly said to have been conceived "at the end of flower power", i.e. 1969-1972. There are other examples as well. * [[Audience Participation]]: On stage, audience members are encouraged to sing, clap, and dance along. About a month and a half after the film's U.S. release, Universal shipped out a "sing-along" version with the lyrics appearing on screen. ** [[Once an Episode\|Once A Showing]]: There's a big gap in the song "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" in which all eyes go to the character being exhorted to make the vows. At ''least'' one audience member will keep singing. * [[But Not Too Gay]]: {{spoiler\|Harry}} and his boyfriend gets maybe half a minute of screentime, on a generous count.▼ * [[Awesome, Dear Boy]]: Pierce Brosnan summed up his reason for doing the film as this: "Meryl Streep is starring." * [[The Cameo]]: Benny Andersson appears as a piano player during "Dancing Queen.". Bjorn Ulvaeuss appears as a member of the [[Greek Mythology\|Greek Pantheon]] during "Waterloo.".▼ ▲* [[But Not Too Gay]]: {{spoiler\|Harry}} and his boyfriend gets maybe half a minute of screentime, on a generous count. ▲* [[The Cameo]]: Benny Andersson appears as a piano player during "Dancing Queen." Bjorn Ulvaeuss appears as a member of the [[Greek Mythology\|Greek Pantheon]] during "Waterloo." * [[Chick Flick]]: The fifth highest-grossing film of 2008, and targeted at female audiences to boot! * [[Christmas Cake]]: ~~mostly~~Mostly Tanya. * [[Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends]] * [[Cool Old Guy\|Cool Middle-Aged Guy]]: Bill. * [[Decoy Protagonist]]: Technically, both Sophie and Donna are the main protagonists, but what director on Earth is going to cast [[Meryl Streep]] in a supporting role? * [[Dramatic Ellipsis]]: Sophie wonders why the diary contains so many of them. * [[Extremely Short Timespan]]: The whole show takes place over 2two days, with the intermission (if you're watching the stage version) taking place overnight. * [[Gene Hunting]] * [[Genki Girl]]: Sophie. The older females are quite energetic as well, despite their age. * [[Greek Chorus]]: ''Literally!'' * [[Hollywood Night]]: "I Have Aa Dream" and several other "night" scenes. * [[Hot Dad]]: Three of them. * [[Hot Mom]]: Donna. * [[~~Straight~~Invisible ~~Gay~~to Gaydar]]: {{spoiler\|Harry}}.▼ * [[Jukebox Musical]] * [[Large Ham]]: Virtually the entire adult cast, [[Meryl Streep\|at least one of whom]] doesn't get to do it very often. * [[Likes Older Women]]: Pepper. * [[No Indoor Voice]]: In the movie, all the women qualify. * [[One Dialogue, Two Conversations]]: After the bachelorette party, both Bill and Harry are trying to tell the other that they found out that they're Sophie's father (at least that's what they think). However, Bill thinks Harry is {{spoiler\|trying to Come Out to him}}, while Harry thinks Bill is trying to {{spoiler\|admit to hooking up Rosie}}. * [[Power Trio]]: Three of them, suitably enough -- Donna and the Dynamos; Sophie, Lisa and Ali; and the three possible dads.▼ * [[Playing Against Type]]: Streep. Yes, [[Meryl Streep\|the same Streep]] who starred in ''Sophie's Choice''. Then again, one could argue that she doesn't really ''have'' a type at this point. ** Also, Sky, Pepper, and Eddie, albeit on a lesser extent, since Eddie (or Salt, depending on the version you're watching) is practically cut. ▼ ▲* [[Power Trio]]: Three of them, suitably enough -- Donna and the Dynamos; Sophie, Lisa and Ali; and the three possible dads ▲** Also, Sky, Pepper, and Eddie, albeit on a lesser extent, since Eddie (or Salt, depending on the version you're watching) is practically cut. * [[Rousseau Was Right]] * [[Rule of Funny]]: One review described the film as the closest thing we'll ever come to seeing A-list celebrities doing drunken karaoke. * [[Rule of Sean Connery]]: For many viewers, Meryl Streep's presence - and acting skills - transform the movie from merely barely tolerable to actually quite enjoyable, provided much [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]] is applied. * [[Scenery Porn]]: The movie is ''full'' of it. * [[Shout-Out]]: "Bright, Harry Bright" (as [[James Bond]] is standing next to him, no less!). * [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: ''Way'' toward the Idealism end. * [[Star-Making Role]]: Between this and ''[[Mean Girls]]'', [[Amanda Seyfried]] almost immediately became one of Hollywood's most sought-after actresses, as she made an excellent showing in two very different movies, playing two very different roles. * [[Stealth Pun]]: Oh right, ha ha, those guys singing in the background are a [[Greek Chorus]]. Well how's that for brekekekeke-ing your ko-ax. ▲* [[Straight Gay]]: {{spoiler\|Harry}} * [[Tell Me About My Father]] * [[Those Two Girls]]: Sophie's best friends Ali and Lisa. * [[Two Scenes, One Dialogue]]: After the bachelorette party, Donna/Sophie is fretting to Rosie &and Tanya/Ali &and Lisa over the three-dads-present issue. Rosie &and Tanya/Ali &and Lisa decide to take the men out fishing to keep them distracted. ▼ * [[Throw It In]]: Donna's famous straddle split jump during "Dancing Queen" came about because Meryl Streep decided she wanted to see if she could do it, and it was caught on tape. When she was asked to try it again, she said there was no way she'd ever be able to replicate it. ▲* [[Two Scenes, One Dialogue]]: After the bachelorette party, Donna/Sophie is fretting to Rosie & Tanya/Ali & Lisa over the three-dads-present issue. Rosie & Tanya/Ali & Lisa decide to take the men out fishing to keep them distracted. * [[Wacky Marriage Proposal]] * [[Who's Your Daddy?]]: [[The Un-Reveal\|Sophie eventually decides she doesn't care]]. ([[Word of God]] is that the father is {{spoiler\|Bill}}.). * [[Why Waste a Wedding?]]: Word for word when {{spoiler\|Sophie and Sky decide not to get married, thus Donna and Sam get married instead.}}. * [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Sophie. {{reflist}} [[Category:The Musical]] [[Category:Films of the 2000s]] [[Category:Mamma Mia!]] [[Category:Theatrical Productions]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Excited Show Title!]] [[Category:Chick Flicks]]