"Another film based on a critically acclaimed musical." This is what I thought when I heard about the film adaptation of 'Mamma Mia!' "...and I'm going to hate it." I couldn't have been more wrong. I loved the musical, and it was fantastic to see the potential created on stage realised in film.

Mamma Mia! is star-studded to say the least, ; Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Dominic Cooper and Julie Walters all have main roles. The two 'B's of ABBA fame also make cameo appearances.

Donna's (Streep) daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is getting married, and in the lead up finds Donna's diary. Sophie discovers three potential candidates for her father in the diary entries, and invites them all to her wedding, unbeknownst to her mother. As expected, chaos ensues.

You're going to want to be partial to ABBA's music in this film - even the instrumental backdrop is ABBA music. The film stays very true to the musical, changing only a few minor things. Even the dialogue is straight from the musical in the majority of scenes. The actors all do a wonderful job with the singing, with Brosnan the only weak point in Brosnan.

This film is a lot of fun, and has a great story line. The highlight for me is seeing Meryl Streep in flared glitter pants singing her heart out. You definitely want to see this one with our surround sound and a lot of laughs.

Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook (Fey) has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski (Poehler) to become her unlikely surrogate. Kate's well well-organised nesting strategy is turned upside down when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mum. In a battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby's arrival.

This is a comedy that uses clever writing and more subtle humour than the likes of Adam Sandler to deliver great laughs and plenty of entertainment. The two leading ladies worked extremely well with each other and totally stole steal the show. Of course you would have to expect that considering their time together on "Saturday Night Live". Steve Martin is fantastic as Kate's boss, Barry, purveyor of organic food and Zen koans. Even slyer is Sigourney Weaver as the smooth-talking director of an exclusive surrogacy clinic who cheerfully explains that a surrogate is just a prenatal nanny.