We may not have the weather for it, but after 108 minutes of Mamma Mia, there is no question that Summer has finally arrived.

For this film, the movie version of the stage musical has fun written all over it and while it may not appeal to all i.e. those who hate musicals/don't like Abba/or dare I say many males, this is one trip down the aisle you will never forget.

In fact, so good is this film for its comical and musical value, as well as its pretty obvious silly factor, that when it hits the DVD rack later in the year, there may just be a quick scramble to pick up a copy for the collection to sit beside the likes of firm favourites Grease and Hairspray.

That way when Mamma Mia comes to sitting room near you, you can allow yourself to sing rather than whisper, dance rather than fidget, and go generally more mad than the reserved setting of the cineplex or maybe, to be more accurate - your respectful pride - often affords!

But back to the big screen and if you are hoping to catch Mamma Mia this week, prepare yourself for plenty of singing, dancing and laughter as Meryl Streep, Julie Walters, and wait for it - Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth - belt out Abba's greatest hits to this humorous love story.

The story itself takes place on a fictional Greek island and centres on the upcoming wedding of 20-year-old Sophie, who having found her mother's (Streep) old diary describing intimates dates with three men, all potential suspects for her father, decides, unknowingly to her mother to invite all three to the nuptials so she can figure the right one out to give her away.

Throughout the film, the story progresses to Abba's greatest hits including 'Money, Money, Money, 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!', and 'SOS'.

And while Streep and Walters are brilliant in doing justice to their Swedish predecessors, the same can't be said for Brosnan and Firth who let's face are better known as James Bond and Mr Darcy! However, it is this very fact that adds rather than takes away from the film's musical ability, and rather than finding yourself cringe you will find yourself laughing and helping them along.

The songs allow for some great performances, and among those worth watching out for are the hens singing 'Super Trouper' and Walters putting in a funny performance singing 'Take a chance on Me'.

Sophie had hoped that she would know her father the moment she saw him, but that is not the case and with mother Donna not knowing the answer either, the wedding plans turn to turmoil.

As the trio of fathers figure out the reasoning behind the invite all three offer to give the bride away adding to the mayhem.

When hubby-to-be Sky finds out what Sophie has done in inviting Sam, Harry and Bill to the wedding, he accuses her of wanting a big white wedding only so that she can find out who her father is.

Just as the wedding looks doomed, Donna steps in to give her daughter away and finds herself wishing to rekindle a romance with one of her former flings.

But, with the bride and groom still having doubts about marriage, one wonders will a wedding take place at all?

Surely, they wouldn't leave 'I Do, I Do, I Do' out of the wedding mix?

The finale is impressive for its funny, if not predictabe, twists and turns.

And while you may be prepared to get up at the final credits, its worth staying on for the encore, for if nothing else, with a few less faces in the movie house, it will make singing along to 'Mamma Mia', Dancing Queen' and 'Waterloo' all the more pleasurable!