(BY SAÏDEH PAKRAVAN) Reasons to see Mamma Mia:
1. Meryl Streep
2. The gorgeous, but gorgeous Greek islands.
3. Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan, their Englishness and Welshness and good looks and good manners always a treat.
4. A couple of good songs.
5. Energetic Bollywoodish choreography.
Reasons not to see Mamma Mia:
1. Meryl Streep, the greatest actress of our times and one of the greatest of all times, not only miscast but derailed by her two ridiculous sidekicks and surely too old to have been that naughty only twenty years ago.
2. The gorgeous Greek islands. The blue of the sea, of the walls, of the shutters, of the doors, oh my! Surely the Greek gods sitting on top of Mount Olympus must have had blue eyes. Surely you will drop everything and find yourself on the next plane to Athens and its world-renowned pollution.
3. Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan looking like complete idiots when they burst into song, which is, alas, far too often.
4. A couple of good songs, drawn from ABBA’s immortal repertoire.
5. Energetic Bollywoodish choreography.