Mamma Mia!

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I don't even know where to begin with this movie.  Mamma Mia! is the story of a bride-to-be who invites her 3 potential-fathers to her wedding, in an effort to find out which is her real father.  The movie is also a musical...and it's campy.  Very campy.

I spent the first 15 minutes of the movie cringing, trying to think who would make such a movie, and honestly trying to figure out who the target audience is.  There's far too much sexual humor for it to be aimed at young people, but then again, it has ridiculous scenes of people sliding backwards down banisters and dozens of young men dancing on a pier in flippers.  What?

Then I figured it out -- it's aimed at my mom. And people like her.  Women with a fun and spontaneous life that has long since been replaced by a reality of bills and unappreciative college students ready to fly the coop.

It's possible to enjoy the movie.  I did (mostly) once I realized that it wasn't aimed at me. Just accept that any character might burst out in song at any point,  the plot is mostly a side note, and the real reason to watch this flick is to see old people having fun again.  

Why do I suddenly feel like someone is about to punch me in the face?

If you're under 40, this movie might make you cringe, but if you're at that magical point, you just might find yourself letting go a little and having the time of your life.