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Mamma Mia! (2008)
Fun movie--interesting casting decisions
This was a fun movie to watch, and entertaining for anybody who is an ABBA fan. The casting, however, left me lacking. Meryl Streep, as much as I love her as an actress, was MUCH too old to play this role. This was a story about a teenage fling that ended in a pregnancy. When turned out by her mother, the teen stays on the island where the fling occurred. Twenty years later, she faces a "crisis" when her now 20 year old daughter wants to get married. The actress playing Streep's role, then, should be at most 40 years old. Streep does not pull it off, and in my opinion it detracted from the movie to see her try. The same could be said for her costars, Julie Walters and Christine Baranski.
The Wicker Man (2006)
Please don't waste your money
Don't let the premise fool you--this was one funny movie. The problem--it wasn't supposed to be a comedy. The story sets you up nicely for an ending that never comes. Even worse, the set-up is NEVER explained. You will leave the theater asking "Is that it?" I rate it a 2 simply because there were a few brief moments of promise, but the finish leaves you completely flat. Nicholas Cage did as good a job as can be expected in the role, but he had very little to work with. There are odd quirks, and interesting turns everywhere, which had absolutely nothing to do with the movie. Let this one come out on video before wasting your money.