The brassy, bawdy musical "Mamma Mia!" presents itself as a piece of clever counterprogramming to this summer's surfeit of pounding, effects-driven comic-book movies. What could provide a better antidote to a "Dark Knight" than the cinematic equivalent of the world's sunniest day? But filmgoers... -
'Mamma Mia!': Gotta Love It, Like It or Not
The brassy, bawdy musical "Mamma Mia!" presents itself as a piece of clever counterprogramming to this summer's surfeit of pounding, effects-driven comic-book movies. What could provide a better antidote to a "Dark Knight" than the cinematic equivalent of the world's sunniest day? But filmgoers...-
By Ann Hornaday