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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 14: That's just the tip of the iceberg, though. All of the members of the older generation are played by actors close to retirement age. * Colin Firth was 48 at the time of filming, so one could argue that he's the only one who's the right age. * [[Anachronism Stew]]: Most glaringly, although the film is apparently set in the early ~~2000's~~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. Line 25: * [[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. Line 60: [[Category:Mamma Mia!]] [[Category:Theatrical Productions]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Excited Show Title!]] [[Category:Chick Flicks]]