So Mamma Mia! is the highest grossing British film of all time in the UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7701723.stm
How is this possible? How did a mediocre at best musical full of kitsch songs and terrible singers (yes Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Julie Walters i am particularly looking at you) become so successful? And as if this is not a big enough question, how in god's name did this Universal film produced by Tom Hanks Playtone company suddenly become British?!?!?!!?!
I am despairing both at the UK Film Council's ridiculously broad definition of a British film (did a key grip born in Manchester work on it, okay then it counts!) and the British cinema-going public.
Was it a wretched, terrible movie? No. But the second highest grossing film ever! What is wrong with people. This is how Sarah Palin has people that believe in her!
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