The story revolves around a girl who is about to get married and intertwines the songs of those Swedish musical geniuses, Abba, into the action.

Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), also uses this occasion to find out who her real father is, by inviting her three possible dads Sam (Pierce Brosnan), Harry (Colin Firth) and Bill (Stellan Skarsgard) to the wedding after she finds out her mother Donna (Meryl Streep) had a fling with all three during a "summer of love" twenty year ago.

Now let's be honest. This movie isn't going to make you think about deep, global issues. It's an unashamedly fun, over the top, cheesy popcorn film.

The female cast play their roles as if the parts were written especially for them. Meryl Streep has a fine voice and carries the main role with a deftness of touch.

Her sidekicks Rosie (Julie Walters) and Tanya (Christine Baranski) provide the comedic relief and almost steal the scenes they share with Streep, especially Baranski.

Seyfried also does well to keep up with her more mature colleagues in her first major movie role.

As for the men? Well, they are kind of disappointing.

Bronsnan doesn't quite reach the high notes in some of the scenes, Firth copies his performance from Bridget Jones Diary (apart from a twist at the end) and Saarsgard looks like he's wandered onto the wrong movie set (and in one scene you'll kind of see why).

Dominic Cooper, playing Sophie's fiancée Sky, only has a handful of scenes but comes off the best out of the male cast.

But the real stars of this film are the songs of Abba, with the classics (and some hidden gems) reprised in all their glory, from Dancing Queen, Take A Chance On Me, Mamma Mia, The Winner Takes It All, the list is endless.

In fact, as one song leads to another, you forget how huge Abba's repertoire is, and how catchy their songs are.

So overall, this movie is a fun, well made translation of the musical.

Apart from a small lull midway through the movie (and a couple of cringe inducing scenes where you know the actors are about to break out into another verse), this movie was pure cheeseball entertainment.

The sheer joy and vibrancy of the performances from Streep and the female cast contribute massively to keeping the audience bopping along in their seats.

And from the reactions of the people around me during and after the movie, they wouldn't have it any other way.