Plot: Sophie (Amada Seyfried) is opening her island hotel with a big party, even though her mother Donna (Meryl Streep) has died. Her three Dads, her Mom's girlfriends, and lots of cute guys are also in tow. Intercut with the above story is a 25 year flashback where we see young Donna meet and mate with the three fathers on the same beautiful Greek island. In the end, everyone comes for the party, and it ends Bollywood style with singing and dancing.
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Review: Momma Mia! Here We Go Again is a lot of fun. The art direction is wonderful; the clever visuals make this more than expected. The combination of the great art direction, energy of the cast, clever choreography is fun. The dynamics and energy made the show better than the plainly-produced Broadway version (which I have only seen on You-Tube.) Even though the movie actors' voices are not all excellent, the show is much stronger.
Alexa Davies, who plays the young Donna, is very strong. Much better than Meryl was in the original.
I expect a silly, estrogen-fueled musical, but its dynamism and positivity won me over.
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Alexa Davies, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Christine Baranski, Julie Walter, Cher, Meryl Streep
Directed by: Ol Parker
Written by: Ol Parker and Richard Curtis
The Music: Its great, though I didn't like the soundtrack. The mixing is odd, and the vocalists seemed more on-key in the theater. If you want to hear the songs, buy the Abba greatest hits album.
The Visuals: The highlight is the Momma Mia song with people off-shore on boats singing & swaying with the waves, and with the rest of the cast singing on shore. Several of the other songs are done imaginatively like Waterloo, which I thought would be impossible to work in to the story.
Rating: 3.0 stars:
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