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Source Five years after the events of  Mamma Mia! , on the Greek island of Kalokairi, Sophie ( Amanda Seyfried ) is running her mother Donna's ( Meryl Streep ) villa following Donna's death a year prior. Sophie's relationship with her husband, Sky ( Dominic Cooper ), has been turbulent for some time, causing her to doubt that she can survive without her mother. With Tanya ( Christine Baranski ) and Rosie's ( Julie Walters ) guidance, Sophie learns about Donna's past, including how she fronted The Dynamos, started her villa on the island, met each one of Sophie's dads, Sam, Bill, and Harry ( Pierce Brosnan ,  Stellan Skarsgård , and  Colin Firth ), and raised a daughter without a mother's guidance. She also has an unexpected visit from someone she has never met: her estranged grandmother, Ruby Sheridan ( Cher ).-WIKIPEDIA Directed by Ol Parker Screenplay by Ol Parker Story by Catherine Johnson Richard Curtis Ol Parker Based on Mamma Mia! by...

Harriet Lauler (Shirley MacLaine), a once-sucycessful businesswoman, works with young local writer Anne Serman (Amanda Seyfried) to pen her life story. When the initial result doesn't meet Lauler's high expectations, she sets out to reshape the way she'll be remembered, dragging Anne along as an unw illing accomplice. As their journey unfolds, the two women develop a strong bond which not only alters Harriet's legacy but also Anne's future.-WWW (source) Seyfried, MacLaine and Dixon The story is not entirely new and so is Ms MacLaine's character(is she typecast or something?), but I like the movie...well, maybe not everything, especially the cussing, but somehow I get why those expletives "had" to be uttered(Hmmm...am I warming up to someone or something???? Non sequitur). Both MacLaine and Seyfried produced this film, so they are on equal footing, but you cannot discount the vibrance of the child actor named Anne Jewel Lee Dixon.  S...