Mamma Mia

If you're one of the thirty million odd people who've been to the stage production of this hit-strewn narrative and loved it...then you're going to love this too.

It's destined to become a Friday evening cinema staple, a midnight dress-up camp hen bash and the mainstream movie successor to the Rocky Horror Show.

Meryl Streep plays Donna, a Greek island taverna owner, whose daughter Sophie (Seyfried) is due to get married to hunky Sky (Cooper).

However, she's discovered mom's diary, which reveals that  dad could be any one of three men - Pierce Brosnan's American architest Sam, Colin Firth's Brit banker Harry and Stellan Skarsgard's Swedish novelist Bill. She invites them to the nuptials.

Firth’s character coming out of the closet is an interesting amusement as is the deliciously camp Pricilla Queen Of The Desert-like post-credit roll entertainment.

Elswewhere, lovebirds Seyfried and Cooper are perfectly sugar-coated, particularly the latter in a beach scene that will got down well in Old Compton Street as he concentrates on his physique rather than declaring love for his wife-to-be.

Dripping with nostalgia for a friend-filled, fun-loving youth of music and song… this movie’s the next best thing to a spot of Greek island-hopping.

But be warned - it’s very much a filmed stage musical and not a film that happens to have a bit of music in it. Go. Laugh. Sing along. You know you want to…

Sinéad Hughes

Sinéad Hughes