Review of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) by Thedaywalker — 21 Jul 2018

This felt like a disney movie amped up to 11, and this isn't a good thing. The whole "fall in love after just meeting" is so old that even disney doesn't do it anymore. Most characters are shallow and very under-developed. The script feels very childish, if that's the right word for it. Can't tell you how many times I rolled my eyes, at the stupid and corny things said by those characters. The amount of unnecessary sub-plots could have been taken out, cutting the movie to at least 90 minutes, Cher's character and plot line comes to mind. It certainly could have been more straight forward, to make it a better movie.

Being a lover of music, I have to admit, some songs are very catchy and good to listen to. The performances are good and convincing, but unfortunately this movie suffers a bit with Meryl Streeps absence, although that point is kind what drives the movie forward.

I wasn't expecting too much of this movie, but wasn't expecting it to be a combination of a live action disney movie and a mexican soap opera.