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Despite a painfully self-aware title, Greece in green screen, and very little Meryl Streep, critics love "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again."
2008's "Mamma Mia!," based on the 1999 musical of the same name, is a musical comedy featuring music from ABBA. The movie, starring Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård, and Colin Firth wasn't a hit with critics, with a 54% on Rotten Tomatoes.
But it was a box-office hit, and audiences loved it as much as they loved the hit Broadway musical. The movie made $615 million on a $52 million budget, and was the fifth-highest-grossing film in 2008. "Mamma Mia!" follows a young woman about to be married in Greece who wants to find out who her real father is before the wedding.
Exactly ten years later down to the week, "Here We Go Again" is gaining the same positive attention it got a decade ago. Except now, with an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, critics love it, despite its flaws. Critics love the music, Cher, and Lily James, who plays the young version of Streep's character, Donna.
Here's what critics are saying about "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again":