From left: Rick Senat (Chair of Film Education), Hannah Pusey (winner 11-14 category) and Joel Defries (Blue Peter Presenter)
Name: Hannah Pusey
Category: 11-14
School/College: Alton Convent School, Hampshire
Film: Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
Take a Chance on THIS!
Mamma Mia! Here we go again! Yet another take on those ancient Abba hits. But My My, How can you resist it? Relax. Forget the rules about what makes a good film and enjoy it. Underneath the musical comedy, there’s a story of lonely single mother, Donna (Meryl Streep) trying to run her dilapidated hotel in Greece while watching her daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) grow up. Sophie is twenty and is engaged to Sky (Dominic Cooper). Enlisting the help of her mother’s old diary Sophie invites her three possible fathers, Bill (Stellan Skarsgard), Harry (Colin Firth), and Sam (Pierce Brosnan) to her wedding – without telling Donna. Meanwhile Donna has invited her own best friends – wealthy divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski) and practical Rosie (Julie Walters).
Recipe for disaster? Surprisingly, no.
You can hear the enthusiasm from the whole cast as they belt out cheesy pop hits from hilltops, boats and beaches. The great thing about this movie is that, like them or not, everybody knows the songs. Watching Meryl Streep leading a troop of dancing villagers through narrow cobbled streets and onto a rickety pier while singing ‘Dancing Queen’ is enough to get anyone up and moving! And another dance takes place on the pier too – this time in the shape of young men in trunks and giant flippers. It’s fun, fresh and family-orientated. Just make sure you watch the credits – probably the only chance you’ll ever get to see Mr Darcy, James Bond, and Bootstrap Bill Turner on screen together wearing tight, bright, lycra jumpsuits and strutting their stuff with ‘Waterloo’.
Winners 2009
Young Film Critic
15–19 year range
David Ritchie
Sensory Impaired Category
Abbie Donohoe
11-14 year range
Hannah Pusey
Sensory Impaired Category
Jonny Hall
7–11 year range
Hammad Raza
Sensory Impaired Category
Olivia Ansah-Smith
Mini Film Fan
4–7 year range
Film Club Award
Primary category
Secondary category
Congratulations to all
the 2009 YFC nominees