MAMMA MIA! Sing-A-Long
date:Saturday, October 11, 2008 time:7:30 PM venue:Cinestudio address:300 Summit Street Hartford, CT 06106 View map from:Cinestudio
(2008) Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Screenplay and original musical book by Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of Abba. Cast: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgaard, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski.
Everyone is invited to (temporarily) put aside their Lars von Trier-loving critical eye and put on their dancing shoes, for sing-a-long Mamma Mia! Having the song lyrics on the screen means that you get to try out your teleprompting skills and indulge your inner karaoke demon at the same time (can running for Vice President be next?). Meryl Streep probably never visualized herself belting out Abba songs to a startled-looking Pierce Brosnan while she was toiling away at Yale Drama School, but her gleeful, "let's put on a show" attitude empowers the entire cast. The many Academy Awarded actress plays a 1960s survivor whose daughter (Big Love's Amanda Seyfried) invites all three of her possible 'bio-dads' to a sunny Greek island for her marriage. 108 min. (PG-13).
