The Quill #5: Movie Recs #4

One of my favorite movie musicals of all time is Mamma Mia! (2008). Watching it brings me back to family road trips of driving to my grandparents’ house when I was young while singing along to the soundtrack. Featuring ABBA music and set on the fictional island of Kalokairi, this is the perfect movie to get you excited and in the mood for summer break. Just don’t think too hard about the “Slipping Through My Fingers” scene if you’re a soon-to-be-graduating-senior, and you are all set.

With actresses Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried, the film takes us on the adventure of a young woman named Sophie who is about to get married to her fiancé Sky. She wants her father to be the one who walks her down the aisle, but her mother, Donna, never told her who her father was. So, she secretly reads through her mother’s diary only to discover that there are three different men who are contenders. Sophie invites all three men to her wedding behind her mother’s back in hopes of discovering the truth of who her real father is. Sophie’s scheme takes us through a mix of both amusing humor and heartfelt moments that bring the music of ABBA to life and is worth the watch!

Available on Max.