Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

It plays better than it reviews — the watch lands harder than the write-ups suggest.

• “The pleasures of Ol Parker’s film are simple and sensual, its riot of color and sweet, nostalgic songs proving wholly agreeable even without much of a plot to hold it all together.”

  Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair · 85

• “The first film’s very specific pleasures are comprehensively encored.”

  Robbie Collin, The Telegraph · 80

• “Everything old is shockingly, stirringly new again in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, the rare sequel so unexpectedly enchanting that it plays less like a rehash than a reclamation.”

  Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times · 80

• “This “Mamma Mia” takes a lot of the original’s qualities and then amplifies them to the nth degree. It’s bigger and crazier, and the emotions actually seem to run a bit deeper at times.”

  Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic · 80

• “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is a minor miracle of a musical, something you never thought you would ever see.”

  Harry Haun, Film Journal International · 80