{"id":5692,"date":"2018-07-19T20:48:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T03:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=5692"},"modified":"2018-07-19T20:48:39","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T03:48:39","slug":"review-mamma-mia-here-we-go-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=5692","title":{"rendered":"Review: MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A must for fans of the original and of ABBA, \u201cMamma Mia! Here We Go Again\u201d is a continuation of the bright, cheery jukebox musical that made the first film an international sensation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5693\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia21-186x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia21-186x300.png 186w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia21-634x1024.png 634w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia21-768x1241.png 768w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia21-950x1536.png 950w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia21-400x646.png 400w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia21-900x1455.png 900w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia21-418x675.png 418w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia21-668x1080.png 668w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia21.png 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/>This time, we follow Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) as she restores and reopens a hotel on a Greek island to honor her late mother Donna (Meryl Streep). But as Sophie struggles to plan a grand opening party, she learns about her mother\u2019s fun past.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5427\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FixReel-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FixReel-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FixReel-286x286.png 286w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FixReel-450x450.png 450w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FixReel-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Through flashback, we vividly see the young Donna (Lily James of \u201cCinderella\u201d and \u201cBaby Driver\u201d), who woos the three men that now serve as Sophie\u2019s \u201cthree\u201d fathers. Casting is clever, if also one note. For example, Andy Garcia does his best version of the bearded \u201cmost interesting man in the world.\u201d And thankfully, director Ol Parker, with assistance from Richard Curtis (\u201cLove Actually\u201d) and Catherine Johnson, is in on the joke that pays off with a chuckle-inducing moment.<\/p>\n<p>The problem, if there is one, with this kind of canned-musical is that it\u2019s time may have passed. The songs are all prerecorded, and, at times, sync mistakes are clearly noticeable, and the choreography ranges from creative to messy. The result is a lack of spontaneity, rendering the film emotionally inert in places. Still, it\u2019s innocuous entertainment that cheekily rolls forward, as songs from the first film are recycled and combined with new numbers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5697\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia25-1024x666.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" \/>A highlight is a musical sequence set in Paris around the song \u201cWaterloo.\u201d And Cher demonstrates her deep diva vocals, waxing on a rollicking version of \u201cFernando.\u201d Fans of the original won\u2019t be disappointed as this singalong feature barely provides a complete narrative, forsaking story in favor of colorful musical sketches.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all delightful and ridiculous fun, if, also, a bit of a lip-sync affair that masquerades as a true musical.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5694\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mammamia22-1024x490.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lip-sync, jukebox musical is cheery, ridiculous fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[554,555,556,557,558,559,560,561,562],"class_list":["post-5692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-abba","tag-amanda-seyfried","tag-catherine-johnson","tag-cher","tag-here-we-go-again","tag-lily-james","tag-mamma-mia","tag-ol-parker","tag-richard-curtis","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}