The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Comedy · Romance · 2018
Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.
Movie details
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
“Discover how it all began.”
2018 Comedy · Romance 1h 54m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.6 / 10
116.6K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
60 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
7.1 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Ol Parker
Written by
Ol Parker · Richard Curtis · Catherine Johnson
Amanda Seyfried
Sophie
Lily James
Young Donna
Pierce Brosnan
Sam
Colin Firth
Harry
Stellan Skarsgård
Bill / Kurt
Christine Baranski
Tanya
Julie Walters
Rosie
Court is in session
Put Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.