What a lovely film!

Rating: 10/10 (4 March 2020)

Thanks to my awesome parents I grew up listening to ABBA among other legendary musicians (Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, ...). I believe such music can create flourishing paths in your mental and emotional growth.
They honored the great ABBA by creating great, modern covers of their top hits. Those songs seamlessly create a very intriguing story and all actors are great! (The plot might be the musical's plot - don't know, haven't seen the musical - Would that matter?!)
The joyful, optimistic atmosphere of the whole movie - what I love the most in this film - is there to a great extend thanks to the Greek landscape. Filmed in the Greek islands Skiathos & Skopelos, with the sunshine, the beautiful beaches and the blue sky... you leave the movie theater full!
P.S. A sequel was needless. Most probably a result of this one's big financial success. Watching that trailer you get that. Nevertheless, I watched the first 10 minutes of that (thankfully not in a cinema)... and turned it off. It's filmed in Croatia with lots of green screen and has NOTHING to do with the joyful, great Mamma Mia! (2008). Avoid it!