Mamma Mia DVD Review - page 2

24-11-2008 15:05

And this could be said of any of it's established supporting cast that includes Pierce Brosnan as well as Julie Walters, who brings a bucket load of humour to the whole project.

While the younger members of the cast Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper, who play love birds Sophie and Skye, are clearly a little more trained in the vocal department than their older co-stars and work well together but it is the likes of Streep, Walters, Brosnan and Firth that really do steal the show.

And while neither Walters nor Brosnan are natural singers the pair belt out a string of well known ABBA songs that will want you to jump up and join in and if you want to see Brosnan, Skarsgard and Firth in lycra watch the closing credits - legends!

Away from the cast it is a touching story of a woman haunted by past loves and lost chances as she struggles to let go of her only child and the child's desperate need to find her father and discover who she is.

This film offers plenty of fun, even if it is a bit touristy, with a soundtrack that will have you singing along, ABBA's music really is the icing on the cake.

But it's the big names behind this project that really make it work and you wonder if there had been smaller names would it have caused such a stir.

Despite this is a fun filled couple of hours and deserved all the success that it received.

Mamma Mia is out now.

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw