Review of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) by Dawdlingpoet — 25 Nov 2021

This is another rather cheesy and and light watch perhaps but its also a fun and amusing watch, much like the original 'Mamma Mia!' film, only (sadly) without quite so much of Meryl Streep present on screen. I was pleased to see Hugh Skinner present (he played the somewhat air headed BBC temp in the TV series 'W1A'). There are plenty of big names present in the cast, aside from Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Amanda Seyfried, such as Cher, Omid Djalili, Celia Imrie and Andy Garcia. I also noticed Tom Hanks in the credits as an associate producer.

I liked how vivid the colours were - the film features some lovely landscape shots of the Greek surroundings. There is, of course (it goes without saying) plenty in the way of enjoyable choreography. I admit I found myself humming along to most of the songs, although I suppose some of the songs weren't as familiar to me but I guess thats inevitable, given the main, popular ABBA songs will surely have already featured in the original film (some are in this film as well but not all). Its a bit more understated at times than the original, I suppose. As follow ups/sequels go, its certainly not bad. I wouldn't go so far as to say this is better than the original but if you enjoyed it then you'd likely enjoy this as well and so I'd recommend it regardless.