Holly on Hollywood – Mama Mia

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Holly on Hollywood
“Mama Mia Here We Go Again”
by Holly McClure

MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN is set about five years after the events of Mamma Mia!. Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is planning the grand reopening of a bed-and-breakfast in Greece after the death of her mother, Donna (Meryl Streep). Her husband Sky (Dominic Cooper) is in New York, considering a job offer. Half of the movie takes place in the present and half is set in 1979, when young Donna (Lily James) graduates from college and through a series of events meets the young Harry, Bill and Sam (Hugh Skinner, Josh Dylan, Jeremy Irvine) who become the future dad’s introduced in the first movie (Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, and Pierce Brosnan). Cher and Andy Garcia also star.

The PG-13 romantic musical has mature themes concerning suggested brief sexual relationships with three different men in the same month (but it’s not shown), mild infrequent language, mature dialogue and issues (Sophie is mourning the unexpected death of her mother, Donna) which make it best for mature pre-teens to adults. There is some kissing, flirting, lots of dancing and lots of singing to ABBA songs. Lily James (“Cinderella”) lights up the screen and has a presence and beautiful voice, that makes this sequel worth it! And Cher is a delight, bringing a whole new meaning to the song “Fernando”. There are themes about friendship, following your dreams, falling in love, best friends supporting each other and motherhood. This is mainly a chick flick that is light on story, heavy on song and will leave you singing Abba songs.

“Remember to Choose Your Movies Wisely”

~Holly On Hollywood~

Holly_McClureHolly McClure is a multimedia personality with a career that spans over 20 years in the entertainment industry. Her background as a film critic, film and television producer, creative director, filmographer, radio and television host, author and pundit for family values, has established her expertise and made her a recognized advocate for family-friendly entertainment.

Holly was the first family film critic syndicated in over 365 newspapers with The Orange County Register. Her “Holly on Hollywood” movie reviews have been featured on TBN, Daystar and can now be seen on Uplift TV, The Word Network, UANetwork, Parables.tv and other affiliates.

In 2002, Mel Gibson asked Holly to come to Italy and film the behind-the-scenes interviews for The Passion of the Christ. She produced a one hour special, The Making of The Passion of the Christ (TBN, ION) and has since produced numerous press features for films like; Do You Believe, Dancer and the Dame, God’s Not Dead, The Frontier Boys, House, Thr3e, One Night With the King, Midnight Clear, The Visitation, Hangman’s Curse and others.

Holly is a charter member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and serves on the advisory boards of The Dove Foundation and The Parents Television Council. She is a proud mother, grandmother, mentor and Christian, and passionate about supporting and creating life-changing entertainment!
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