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‘Delightfully absurd’: why Mamma Mia! is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers drawing attention to their go-to mood-lifting films is an ode to the hit Abba musical from 2008
Well, parts of us are.” The relationship between mother (Streep) and daughter (Amanda Seyfried) is beautifully drawn which makes their intimate rendition of Slipping Through My Fingers the emotional gut-punch of the film. Streep, Walters and Baranski light up every scene they are in together, clearly relishing the all too rare opportunity to play feisty, independent, sexually assertive middle-aged women. You can see the glee and playful satisfaction in Baranski’s face as she high-kicks and frolics her way through a series of young men in bathing suits while she lets rip on Does Your Mother Know.
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