ABBA: Against the Odds

2024

Documentary / History / Music

5
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 741 741

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1 hr 30 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by MickyG333 7 / 10

Held my attention

7.5 stars.I might return to see this again in 5-10 years. What is so interesting about this band is how intelligent and charismatic they were. I feel that they made it work, they saw the potential for fame and they stayed the course even through extreme adversity.ABBA probably shouldn't have been a successful band, but they amazingly stuck with it. I have been inspired by this story about this marvelous bunch of gifted singers and songwriters, one of a handful of bands that I consider the very best of the best.If you're not familiar with their music, you are missing out on one of the wonders of the music world. I feel they share the glory of being one of the GOAT bands like The Beatles, Eagles, Stones, Queen, Beach Boys, CCR (and several more). Listen for yourself to compare the raw emotion their music evokes inside you. Don't focus on what may seem "cheesy" or otherwise; there are movies and musicals based upon their amazing music (Mama Mia!). For how many other bands can you say the same? Beatles? Nope, although there are Vegas shows that feature them. "Jersey Boys" covers The Four Seasons. That about sums it up. People love ABBA, don't let mainstream critics fool you.
Reviewed by MovieCriticOnline 5 / 10

Interesting documentary... but

I wish it was better because it deserved to be, but it was all over the place in terms of the timeline. Nothing was really in chronilogical order, which was a shame.They moved from one album to the next, but the next was the album before they just went over, so it needed some real good re-editing.Knowing Me, Knowing You is covered, but that album came after the next song, Dancing Queen, in the documentary. It made no sense, and some of the stuff was repeated too many times like Agnetha's fear of flying, she literally talked about that 5-6 times.And the biggest shame is they did't interview any of the band members for this documentary, it's all old footage.
Reviewed by tkarlmann 10 / 10

There is no other rating possible -- for ABBA fans

I have been extremely fond of ABBA since I first heard their music -- in the 1970's on the radio! I must have reacted really emotionally to the radio broadcast, because my girlfriend at the time asked me: "Do you know them?". My feelings toward ABBA lasted way longer than the developing toxic relationship with this girl -- (She said she was a former stripper and had a child of 2 out of wedlock at the time.) Perhaps you get the idea.Anyway: ABBA: This film tied together the bits and pieces of their lives and careers I'd gleaned over the years; but this film put everything into proper perspective and chronological order! I found the film to be very honest about four people who simply poured everything they had into their careers, families, and their live touring. I may be inaccurate here, but where else can you find 4 people with successful music careers of their own, who came together, got married (Boy-girl, boy-girl) some had children, got divorced -- all the while maintaining a world-renowned musical career that lasted about 7+ years? I don't know of any other. As a bonus, the girls were/are world-class gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!BTW: Agnetha's (the blonde) vocal range is B2 to E7! For music folks that should mean a lot! There was an Olivia Newton John show where Agnetha even sang, briefly with the fabulous falsetto voice of Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, and you can hear Agnetha had to lower her soprano voice to match Barry's own incredible voice! Yes, folks, she's not just beautiful, but extremely vocally gifted as well.I thoroughly enjoyed this film; both emotionally, and as a documentary. I encourage you to see this film, perhaps even if you are too young to have ever heard of ABBA! You MUST have heard at least "Dancing Queen" -- in now even plays in supermarkets as background music.
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