Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Helio Fortunately I caught on to the moronic plot early on and was able to fast forward through those connecting scenes. Actually I fast forwarded through most of the songs except for a half dozen of their best tunes. The photography was mediocre. It was no Woodstock. The best part was how the group came across as sincere, dedicated likeable performers.

Paul Kydd Available on Blu-ray Disc (Region B)Sweden/Australia 1977 English (Colour); Documentary/Music/Comedy (Polar Music/Reg Grundy); 95 minutes (E certificate)Crew includes: Lasse Hallström (Director); Lasse Hallström, Bob Caswell (Screenwriters); Waldemar Bergendahl, Ray Newell (Producers); Stig Anderson, Reg Grundy (Executive Producers); Jack Churchill, Paul Onorato (Cinematographers); Lasse Hallström, Malou Hallström, Ulf Neidemar (Editors); Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson (Composers)Cast includes: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog (ABBA); Robert Hughes (Ashley Wallace), Tom Oliver (Bodyguard, Bartender & Taxi Driver), Bruce Barry (Radio Station Manager), Stig Anderson (ABBA's Manager)"It seemed the ovation would never end."A radio disc jockey (Hughes) relentlessly pursues Swedish supergroup ABBA (Lyngstad, Andersson, Ulvaeus, Fältskog) throughout their 1977 concert tour of Australia, in an increasingly frantic attempt to procure an exclusive, in-depth interview, only to be constantly thwarted by the interventions of an overzealous minder (future NEIGHBOURS regular Oliver).An inventively edited, fascinating glimpse inside a pop phenomenon, with an amusing (if slender) storyline, occasionally revealing interviews, self-deprecating tone, and energetic, well-staged performances of early hits ("Waterloo," "Fernando," "Dancing Queen" etc.) and other catchy numbers, including the never-released track "Get On the Carousel."First English-language feature for pioneering music video director and fellow countryman Hallström is essential viewing for ABBA fans.Blu-ray Extras: Interview, Stills Galleries, Trailer, Commercials, Booklet. *** (6/10)

thomas blabla ABBA the movie tells us the story of Ashley Wallace, a country radio DJ. He is sent by his boss on a mission around Australia to get an interview of the famous pop band. This plot is a pretext to see ABBA perform on stage all along the movie. The live footage is brilliant, you can really see them playing and singing like if you were at their sides. These moments are by far the bests of the movie. The DJ plot on the contrary is either boring or even stressful. Most of the time you can see the improvised interviewer running around chasing the group but only getting a few words from fans or informations and merchandising on that band he doesn't really like to begin with. This makes you enjoy even more the on-stage performances that represent a dreamy break from the hustle and bustle of the big cities, crowds of fans and traffic. Some of the sequences though are original and even funny sometimes with a kitsch touch to it. Definitely a must see if you're a fan but if not, I'd suggest you just watch video clips and live performances. In any case, there's not much to learn from this movie : no voice-over whatsoever and no text providing informations. As the radio boss puts it at the beginning of the movie : «it's not a documentary, it's an event !»

CromeRose I grew up in Australia and was 16 at the time of ABBA's 1977 concert tour Downunder. I lived in Melbourne and went to all three performances (1 on the Saturday night and 2 on Sunday) and I remember seeing the film cameramen on stage during the show and wishing they would get the heck out of the way, especially when they blocked my view of Agnetha (which was unfortunately already bad enough due to the fact that I was so far back in the crowd that I had to use binoculars!). Watching this movie again after so many years sent my mind spinning back to my 16th year and flooded me with wonderful memories and an extremely intense feeling of nostalgia and longing to be back there again at that time; and it's great to know that when they perform Fernando in the movie, I'm somewhere out in that crowd at Melbourne's "Sidney Myer Music Bowl" (which is named after a guy called Sidney Myer, not the city of Sidney). Being a big ABBA fan and an even bigger Agnetha fan, it's great to see the appreciation of ABBA: The Movie and of my girl Anna, who at 57 years of age now is still the most beautiful woman who ever lived. On the Monday after the concerts, I learned that ABBA would spend one more day in Melbourne so I (naturally) skipped school and went to the city to try and get Agnetha's autograph. ABBA had the whole 5th floor of The Old Melbourne Hotel, and during my efforts to infiltrate that fortress, I met an old lady who was staying on the 4th floor who asked me what was going on. When I explained my love for Agnetha to her, she took sympathy on me and told me to go down to the lobby and wait for my chance. She said if any hotel staff bothered me I could tell them I was her grandson and staying with her (God Bless her!!). When I stepped off the elevator into the lobby, the staff must've automatically assumed I was a guest because no one bothered me. After about 30 minutes, the crowds outside began screaming wildly as ABBA returned from a day trip they'd taken and entered the lobby. And there she was, the blonde angel named Agnetha - right in front of me! It took all my strength and nerve just to stand up and approach her, but when I did, she smiled and took the proffered pen and paper and signed her name with a flourish! I've still got it in my files at home in Melbourne, but unlike my love for her, it's kind of faded these days. ABBA: The Movie was originally intended to be a documentary (despite Benny's apprehensions about it due to an earlier, similar type of documentary he'd been involved in during his Hep Star days (a film that apparently was disastrous, at least in his eyes)), but as momentum built during pre-production for both the film and the Australian concert tour, Lasse Halstrom decided it would be better to add the subplot of the D.J. trying to get an interview with them. It's a thin plot to say the least, but it does add humor to the movie and is a great window into Australia of 1977. They don't even have money like that anymore down there - nowadays it's made of some sort of futuristic, flexible plastic material that just WILL NOT stay in your pockets (as I learned on my last visit from Los Angeles). Anyway, ABBA: The Movie is a wonderful film for anyone who is a fan of the group or of that style of 70s music in general.