'Mamma Mia!' in Theatres This Weekend

Ready for a new wedding flick? Me, too! I'm going to be honest, though. I was not super-pumped when I heard Hollywood was making a feature film out of the hit Broadway show Mama Mia! – not because I hated it, but because I am pretty much ambivalent about it and keep hoping against hope that they'll give Wicked a try one of these days. Music by disco royalty Abba: yikes. Story about a girl who decides she wants the father she's never met to walk her down the aisle: blah. The twist is that after reading her mother's diary, Sophie discovers that there are THREE candidates for the empty role of Father of the Bride, and her mom's not willing to dish. So, Sophie does what any girl would do and invites them all (unbeknownst to her mother) to her wedding in Greece (yes, that was sarcasm). Guess what? They all show. The next 24 hours are a musical, seaside adventure as Sophie and her mother, Donna, sing and dance their way to the truth about their family.

Until I saw the fairly impressive cast list, I had resolved merely to put Mama Mia! in my Netflix queue and hope The Husband didn't delete it. But it might be worth it to see Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, and Pierce Brosnan (Ouch! Really? Are they really going to let him sing?) on the big screen. In fact, I'm actually looking forward to Amanda Seyfried's performance as Sophie because she cracked me up as Karen in Mean Girls. And because I've never taken the many opportunities I've had to attend this show on Broadway or its National Tour – one has to wonder if I've been too harsh. After all, it's been seen by over 30 million people in 160 countries and 8 different languages. Why not give it a try? Take a well-deserved break from all that planning and hit the Warren with your bridesmaids. You might just find that perfect bit of inspiration you've been looking for!