I don't suppose you actually have to like ABBA to enjoy this, but it sure helps. You see the eponymous lass (Toni Collette) is a bit on the left field of society and is often bullied by her dad "Bill" (Bill Hunter) who fancies himself as a local bigwig in their town of "Porpoise Spit". The final straw comes when her supposed best friends dump her and go on holiday, and so she bounces one of her dad's cheques and goes along too. They don't want anything to do with this embarrassing woman, but fortunately for her their old school friend "Rhonda" (Rachel Griffiths) is also at the resort and she has no problem calling a spade a spade. Now with a new best pal, "Muriel" finds she spends much less time locked in her room listening to "Fernando" and much more time indulging in her dream - marriage. Initially, a dream is all that is but when serendipity shines upon her she is offered a role she could never turn down. Change her name to the far more glamorous "Mariel"; marry (temporarily) an hunky South African international swimmer (Daniel Lapaine) and make a few thousand bucks all at the same time. The question is, can she pull it all off without everything coming splashing down around her? Moreover, "Rhonda" has had some fairly ghastly news of her own, and so there's some plate juggling to be done for our heroine on that front, too. This is one of those coming of age films that isn't…

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