Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Released ten years after the first film, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again has nearly all of the main cast return in this jukebox musical comedy that uses ABBA songs. The sequel reuses a few of the songs that were already used in the first one while also using others that weren't used in either the film or musical it was based on. Set a few years after the previous entry, Sophie is planning on reopening the hotel her mother made a year after she died but has setbacks due to a storm coming in and keeping people from coming in. It also looks at the misadventures her mother, Donna, had when she was younger and how she met the three men Sophie sees as her fathers and how she ended up in Greece. While I like the first film, despite its flaws, Here We Go Again is a big improvement as it tells its story better, though the story itself is very simple and nothing new, and the choreography is the best of the two. While Lily James is no Meryl Streep she does a perfect job at capturing the younger version of her character. The cast's overall singing is a whole lot better as everyone gets the song that best fits their singing style. One thing that did bother me was that the transition between past and present was never clear and took a while to know what time period was what. The first few minutes, especially the opening number with the younger Donna felt a bit slow for me, though after that it did get better. Here We Go Again's biggest surprise and the best moment of the film was the number between Cher and Andy Garcia. Even if she did appear for a few minutes and had no interaction with the cast, Meryl Streep always delivers. Over all: 88%

2018 top list so far:
1. Won't You Be My Neighbor?

2. Incredibles 2

3. Avengers: Infinity War

4. Solo: A Star Wars Story

5. A Quiet Place
6. Deadpool 2

7. Black Panther
8. Ant-Man and the Wasp

9. Ready Player One

10. Sicario: Day of the Soldado

11. Ocean's 8

12. Isle of Dogs

13. Game Night
14. Thoroughbreds

15. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

16. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom