Mamma Mia

Growing up in Ireland I was surrounded by the music of Abba growing up.....loved it. Yeah so it wasn't lyrical splendor but didn't the music just make you feel good! Then they brought Mamma Mia to the stage, never felt inclined to go, guess I didn't really understand how they could transform songs into a play. Then they made a movie.....it got lots of hype, interviews with people who had seen the movie where full of "great" "laughter" "tears". Then the critics ran it into the ground...."staged", "rehearsed" etc etc etc... So the only thing left for my Mom and me was to go see it. We LOVED it!!! So did the whole theater....everyone was in hysterics and no one left until the last credit ran. Although the first 10 - 15 minutes I will admit wondering if it was going to be as bad as the critics said. No it wasn't, I never laughed so hard, tears where actually rolling down my cheeks with laughter. Granted teams of people do start running down the beach "spontaneously" singing and some of the vocals are not great i.e. Pierce Brosnan (although he brought me to tears when e first started as he reminded me of the ole fella down the pub who had too many pints and then decides to launch into an old deep throated rebel song) but, he does improve. And, there is the fact that some of the humour is specifically "British" but most people should get the drift.
It's not real life people it's a light hearted, witty, well made musical. Has no one ever seen South Pacific...got accolades I believe when it came out and if memory serves me, plenty of people spontaneously burst into song and run down beaches singing in this classic.
So if you feel like being light hearted and laughing harder than you have in a while....take a chance, you won't regret it.