‘Mamma Mia!’ and DVD format wed
Published 5:00 am Friday, September 11, 2009
- Meryl Streep, as Donna Sheridan, leads “Donna and the Dynamos” in a chorus in the musical, romantic comedy “Mamma Mia!”
“Mamma Mia!” (PG-13, 103 minutes): The brassy, bawdy musical has its share of sunny, synth-pop pleasures. Meryl Streep plays Donna Sheridan, mother of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), who is about to get married. Sophie has invited three men to the wedding who might be her biological father: Bill Anderson (Stellan Skarsgard), Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan) and Harry Bright (Colin Firth). Streep is a wonderment, belting her way to another winning performance. But those moments seem at odds with the film’s worship of all things synthetic. Contains sex-related comments.
DVD extras: Featurettes, deleted scenes, audio commentary; also available, with more extras, in wide- and full-screen version, a 2-disc special edition and on Blu-ray.