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      ABBA: The Movie

      G Released Dec 23, 1977 1h 34m Musical List
      Reviews 68% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score While the Swedish pop group ABBA tours Australia, hapless radio DJ Ashley Wallace attempts to land an interview with the massively successful act. Featuring numerous performances by the Scandinavian quartet, including the hits "Waterloo" and "Dancing Queen," the film finds Ashley contending with ABBA's dedicated bodyguard before finally meeting the band's manager, Stig Anderson, who introduces him to the performers. Read More Read Less

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      Sandra Enjoyed the music and history behind a group I enjoyed in the past. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/13/22 Full Review joel h ABBA: The Movie is a chance for the band to showcase their Australian tour with a paper-thin plot constructed around that concept. This pseudo-documentary doesn't really reveal any new information about the band, but if you're a fan of ABBA or just want to get to know them a little bit, this will keep you entertained. I enjoyed spending some time with these Swedish superstars in the seventies. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Not much of a storyline. Yet a great movie about one of the most popular bands ever at the peak of their career. Any person interested in popular music should watch this ! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Not a great film but good concert footage . Had to fast forward though the non Abba stuff Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/17/21 Full Review Audience Member A must for Abba fans but also worth a watch for fans of Lasse Hallstrom. The poorly weaved storyline should make this a bomb but it just makes it even more kitsch and endearing. The concert footing showcases Abba at their peak. Take a chance on it..! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Before becoming a respected director of films like "My Life as a Dog" or "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," Lasse Hallström was directing ABBA music videos and made this super corny time capsule about an ABBA tour in Australia, with the threadbare narrative being a local DJ wanting to interview the Swedish superstars. There's really not a narrative and this is more of a concert film with interstitial scenes of the band traveling between venues or the DJ trying to talk to the band. As a concert film, it's well made, though nowhere close to being up there with something like "Stop Making Sense." I do count myself as a ABBA fan (and if you claim you don't like ABBA, you are a LAIR!), but I think my favorite part of the film was the super awful 1970s disco era outfits. This film has more medallions on hairy chests than you can shake a stick at! I think my favorite song was a bizarre music video sequence for "Name of the Game," where the female band members fawn over the DJ in a dream sequence and the male members are bizarrely in an old west setting playing cards in a saloon. Overall, it's a pretty inconsequential film, but a pretty entertaining good time as well. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dennis Harvey 48 Hills It’s not a great movie, but it’s better than it needed to be, borrowing a bemused/celebratory attitude towards pop megastardom from A Hard Day’s Night. May 23, 2022 Full Review Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com Hallstrom creates such a giddy environment of interviews and stage domination, it easy to get sucked into the touring whirlwind and appreciate this special moment in the history of a legendary group. Rated: A- Nov 12, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis While the Swedish pop group ABBA tours Australia, hapless radio DJ Ashley Wallace attempts to land an interview with the massively successful act. Featuring numerous performances by the Scandinavian quartet, including the hits "Waterloo" and "Dancing Queen," the film finds Ashley contending with ABBA's dedicated bodyguard before finally meeting the band's manager, Stig Anderson, who introduces him to the performers.
      Director
      Lasse Hallström
      Producer
      Stig Anderson, Reg Grundy
      Screenwriter
      Robert Caswell, Lasse Hallström
      Production Co
      Polar Music International, Reg Grundy Productions Pty. Ltd.
      Rating
      G
      Genre
      Musical
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 23, 1977, Original
      Rerelease Date (Theaters)
      May 12, 2022
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 13, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 34m
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