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"MAMMA MIA! Hither Nosotros GO Once again" — 2½ stars — Lily James, Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Jeremy Irvine, Pierce Brosnan; PG-13 (some suggestive material); in general release

It'southward safe to say when "Mamma Mia!" came out 10 years ago, nearly people weren't seeing it for the story. They were going for the long string of ABBA hits that transformed the movie into one big karaoke fest.

In that first motion picture, Meryl Streep and Co. belted those hits every bit if their lives depended on it, but information technology was Pierce Brosnan who really got into the spirit of things for better or worse (If you saw his "SOS" duet with Streep then you know information technology was for worse). "Mamma Mia!" earned Brosnan a Golden Raspberry Accolade for worst supporting thespian, only information technology turns out he didn't really care because he just enjoys singing ABBA like all the residuum of the fans out there.

But Brosnan'due south come a long mode. He does stick mostly to grouping numbers, just he gets a brief moment of redemption in this sequel, putting a surprisingly touching spin on "SOS." While Brosnan certainly had the greatest need for improvement, the singing from all cast members in this sequel is significantly amend than the original. Instead of having a singing-karaoke-with-friends feel, the music in this sequel is more nuanced because there'southward a deeper storyline at play.

The plot of "Mamma Mia!" didn't offer much: On the Greek island Kalokairi, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) invites three men from her mother Donna's (Streep) past to her wedding with the hopes that i of them would turn out to be her father and walk her down the aisle. That was pretty much it. But the thin storyline allowed the music to do the talking, delivering entertaining hit after hit.

We get a few of these same hits in director and screenwriter Ol Parker's "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" — the whole island seems to get in on the "Dancing Queen" action, and of grade, yous can't take this picture without the title song — but we're also given some lesser-known ABBA songs such every bit "Angel Eyes" and "Andante, Andante" as the movie shifts back and along betwixt ii narrative threads.

Young Harry (Hugh Skinner) and Immature Donna (Lily James) in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Once again."

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In the present day, nosotros run across Sophie, played once over again by Seyfried, in Kalokairi preparing for the grand opening of the restored hotel Bella Donna — the very hotel that lured her mother, Donna, to stay on the island in the offset identify. Nosotros as well see a immature Donna, a 1979 Oxford graduate played by Lily James, ready to explore the earth through a journey that will eventually take her to the Greek island.

Naturally, the Oxford graduation ceremony is a setup for the ABBA vocal "When I Kissed the Teacher," and when the ceremony seamlessly transforms into a bike riding/dance party, y'all know the moving picture isn't trying to be taken seriously. (If y'all look closely during this opening scene, you'll detect a cameo from ABBA'due south own Bjorn Ulvaeus.)

Simply for all the lighthearted fun, there'south some moving moments as we see young Donna'southward journey alongside Sophie's in the present twenty-four hour period, and picket Donna's backstory equally she meets and falls in beloved with the three men that were the focus of the outset film. Simply like the first moving-picture show, "Here Nosotros Go Once again's" PG-13 rating comes primarily from sexually suggestive material, although there'southward less of it here than in the get-go film.

We besides get less of Streep in this movie than expected — and Streep was by far the all-time office of the showtime picture. But James shines equally a young Donna and keeps this motion-picture show afloat with great singing and amuse. And then there's Cher, who plays Donna's self-absorbed mother and comes staggering in near the movie's end looking like Lady Gaga and belting out "Fernando."

Ruby (Cher) surprises granddaughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Over again."

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And somehow, it just feels correct.

To be articulate, "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" is still but an alibi to sing forth to those tricky ABBA tunes, but there's an emotional depth that separates it from the original film and makes it more than worth the while.

"Mamma Mia! Here We Become Once again" is rated PG-xiii for some suggestive material; running time: 114 minutes.

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