If you did not like the first movie, the second one will not work for you either, but if you're a fan of ABBA songs and don't mind stepping into the same waters a second time, my, my, how can you resist it? The film unfolds in two parallel time spaces. Thirty years ago, Donna Sheridan, the protagonist of the first film and the original musical, is a young and beautiful Oxford graduate and lead singer of the pop group Donna and the Dynamos. She is traveling in Europe, looking for her special place on earth. Along the way, she meets three attractive young men, one of whom will become the father of her daughter Sophie. Nowadays, 25-year-old Sophie is restoring an old hotel on the island of Kalokari, the greenest and most picturesque island in Greece.
Like the first ABBA film, the sequel is bright and colorful, with ABBA songs sounding almost non-stop. Old friends will gather for a holiday. One of the best songs of ABBA "Fernando" will receive a worthy performance by a famous star who will turn out to be Donna's mother and Sophie's grandmother. At the end of the film, two memorable scenes will follow each other. One is sentimental but very touching and the last one is a final parade, where, indeed, all the characters from both movies, young ones and their grown-up alter egos participate in dancing and singing.
Both movies are good to watch in winter - they are warm and cozy. Expect from them no more and no less than they can give you - songs, dances, bright extravagant clothes, blue sea, cute characters, great actors who have nothing special to play, but who cares? They were on vacation and had a fun time that they generously shared with us.
Like the first ABBA film, the sequel is bright and colorful, with ABBA songs sounding almost non-stop. Old friends will gather for a holiday. One of the best songs of ABBA "Fernando" will receive a worthy performance by a famous star who will turn out to be Donna's mother and Sophie's grandmother. At the end of the film, two memorable scenes will follow each other. One is sentimental but very touching and the last one is a final parade, where, indeed, all the characters from both movies, young ones and their grown-up alter egos participate in dancing and singing.
Both movies are good to watch in winter - they are warm and cozy. Expect from them no more and no less than they can give you - songs, dances, bright extravagant clothes, blue sea, cute characters, great actors who have nothing special to play, but who cares? They were on vacation and had a fun time that they generously shared with us.