There’s no point denying it: Mamma Mia and its sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, are probably the most feel-good films ever made.

The first is all about Donna (Meryl Streep) coming face-to-face with three of her ex-boyfriends (Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth) on the weekend of her daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried)’s wedding. Coincidence? Horrible twist of fate? Nah, it’s all down to Sophie, who read her beloved mum’s 20-year-old diary and invited all of her exes to Greece in a bid to figure out which of the trio is her father.

Mamma Mia 2, meanwhile, sees Donna dead, and Sophie struggling. Big time. She’s struggling with the fact that her boyfriend, Sky (Dominic Cooper), wants to move to New York City. She’s struggling with the realisation that she’s pregnant. And she’s struggling to make her late mum’s dreams come true with a grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna. Sounds bleak, right? Wrong. Thanks to all those flashbacks of Young Donna (Lily James)’s first time in Greece, we get to see her three big romances play out as they happened – and see Greece through her dreamer-eyes for the very first time, too.

Throw in a wealth of toe-tapping ABBA tunes, a plethora of panoramic beach scenes, and a standout turn from Cher, and you have sheer romcom perfection. Not… well, not Oscar-winning perfection, but the kind of perfection that boosts your mood, soothes your soul, makes you laugh, and makes you sing, too.

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