And the plot here is as flimsy as the first one. The blue skies are there, as is the thunderstorm, as is heartbreak, as is songs galore, as is happy people prancing around on pristine white sands, as is all’s well that ends well.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is lovely in the very visual, heart-warming way as the first movie was. How Donna deals with being boyfriend-less and sets up base in Greece all those years ago mingles with Sophie’s life after her mother’s passing in the here and now. Younger Donna backpacks and sails through Europe with a fling here and there until she gives her heart away, and finds she is pregnant after she lands in Greece. You cannot help but smile when she is on-screen. Donna in this edition of the franchise is sun-kissed, starry-eyed, effervescent, Goldilocked Lily James, who plays it with all her heart. Mamma Mia 2 takes you to Donna’s halcyon days of bluer skies and cobalt seas of her youth when she first lands in Greece. As you will recall, Mamma Mia dealt with Sophie’s quest to find out who her father was among the three paramours who had courted her mother. Sophie is dealing with her own personal battles, (revealed one by one), and has named the inn “Bella Donna” in honour of her mother.

The second movie in the franchise comes out a decade after the first one did and is a hybrid that tells you the story of the before and after of the original mother-daughter flick.Īs the movie opens, you realise that feisty inn-owner Donna Sheridan (Meryl Streep) has passed away, and the inn is being managed by her daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried). The title to the sequel to “ Mamma Mia” the musical turned into an ABBA singalong movie, is aptly titled Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. If my life had a soundtrack, it would either be ABBA’s greatest hits or their love songs. Cast: Lily James, Cher + most of the original castįirst things first: I am a die-hard ABBA fan, and thank them for their music regularly.

Well here we are again