She is so enamoured by him she can do nothing else but run through orange trees in slow motion. His enticing rendition of ‘Why Did It Have To Be Me? ‘ will leave you shouting, “Why can’t it be me?”, before booking a one-way ticket to Sweden in search of your own Scandi boy with a sailing boat.īut it’s the slick, motorbike riding, American Sam (Jeremy Irvine) who really makes Donna swoon. Then, as Donna travels to Greece, she falls for young sailor Bill (Josh Dylan). Set in a Parisian brasserie, with the waiters as backing dancers and the diners as ensemble, his persistent persuasion is successful and Donna agrees to take his virginity. In his battle to get Donna to bed, Harry’s weapon is a wonderfully choreographed whirlwind to ‘Waterloo’. Locking himself out of a hotel room, his appalling attempts to speak French display all the gawkiness and embarrassment of a stereotypical Englishman. Young Harry, played by Hugh Skinner of W1A fame, is perfectly cast for the Bumbling Brit. Remember Sophie’s fathers from the first film? Harry, Bill and Sam (Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierce Brosnan) reappear here as their young selves, all three falling for the fearless Donna. Though the original cast do make a comeback, fantastic flashbacks show Donna leave university and travelling in Europe. Melting seamlessly from Sophie’s present to her mother Donna’s past, the story retraces how a young Donna (Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia, now reincarnated here as Lily James) came to find herself pregnant and alone on an Aegean island. Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is attempting to re-open the Bella Donna hotel in honour of her mother. A Stilton in stilettos, a stinking bishop wearing flares, it’s Mamma Mia 2, fresh from the fromagerie.Īnd by god is this a cheese board you should sample. Look away if you’re lactose intolerant, this film is the cheesiest of cheese. Maeve Allen looks back at the summer with the sun-drenched, ABBA-filled musical.
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