Mamma Mia!

What's Bad

• the stupid story (a bride-to-be invites three men to her wedding because one may be her father)
• the mother's two friends: lush Tanya (a bored and confused-looking Christine Baranski) and butch Rosie (a scared and haggard-looking Julie Walters)
• potential father #1 (a bland and homely Stellan Skarsgard)
• the pained vocals of potential father #2 (Pierce Brosnan)
• incompetent newbie director Phyllida Lloyd (whose images are choppy, uninspired and amateurish)
• the beautiful Greek scenery you never get to see
• the absurd timeline (if fathered by a hippie in the turbulent 60's, the bride should be 40)
• producers Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson (whose contribution clearly did not merit much thought)
• the juvenile choreography
• the uninviting chorus
• the inane ending

What's Good

• the bride (refreshing soap actress Amanda Seyfried)
• the groom (baby-faced up-and-comer Dominic Cooper)

So-So

• the mother (a poorly aging Meryl Streep)
• lonely and possibly gay potential father #3 (a sombre Colin Firth)

Bottom Line

Buy Abba's own "Greatest Hits" CD

Rating: 4 out of 10.