We Need To Talk About The Ridiculously Large Plot Holes In ‘Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again’

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After Mamma Mia! hit theatres back in 2008, we were uncertain if a film could ever compete with such a high calibre of fabulousness.

We were left waiting for 10 long years, but then like a gift from gay heaven, its sequel – and the most important film of 2018 – Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again graced its way into our lives and honey, she’s iconic.

If there was an Oscar for ‘Most Fun Had While Watching’, it would win by a landslide.

We STAN Mamma Mia don’t get it twisted. We just have some, er, unanswered questions we would like to voice and hopefully Gimme Gimme (us) some answers! Nope! That one worked in my head and I’m sorry.

Let’s break this shit down, shall we?

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How Did Donna Sheridan Die?

The film opens with some pretty grim vibes. What’s happened? Have Sophie and Sky called it quits? Has something happened to one of Soph’s dads? Where’s Donna? OH MY GOD, WHERE’S DONNA?

THEY DID NOT JUST FUCKING KILL OFF MERYL LIKE THAT! OH MY GOD.

But alas, they did, and with no rhyme or reason.

I like to think she died doing what she loves best: dramatically throwing herself up against a wall. There are some other pretty solid theories though.

Perhaps we will never know how Donna Sheridan left this earth, and we’re just gonna have to live with that. Perhaps it was worth it though because there’s nothing better than when a character returns in ghost form.

Rest easy, my queen.

Why Does Sophie Have An American Accent?

Alright Soph, you’ve got some splainin’ to do.

Donna gave birth to Sophie at her home in Greece, that happened, we saw it! And since Donna has stayed there all this time, it’s safe to assume Sophie was raised on the island, right?

So why is her accent just straight-up American with not even the slightest European inflection? If you’re from Greece, why are you American?

Even if she was shipped off to do her schooling in the States or whatever, there’s no way she would sound the way she does.

SOPHIE, EXPLAIN.

The Timeline Is All Kinds Of Fucked Up

Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again isn’t exactly the kind of film that makes a whole lot of sense. You kind of have to lean into the silliness of it to truly enjoy it for what it is – beautifully stupid.

Let’s take a moment to talk about the timeline. Now there are a bunch of instances where the timeline feels a little jumbled, but I want to chat about one instance in particular that my Mamma Mia-obsessed friend Jared brought to my attention, and it has me all kinds of fucked up. Bear with me here.

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Donna Sheridan graduates in the year 1979, meaning she gives birth to her daughter Sophie in 1980, right?

This would mean that if the film is set now (2018) Sophie is in her late thirties, which I mean just isn’t the case. So maybe the movie isn’t set in the present day. But then how does that explain that Sophie has an iPhone?!

Not only an iPhone, but what looks to be an iPhone 6 or even a more recent model!!!

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There’s also the whole thing with Donna’s diary in the first film not lining up with the order in which she met hot Bill, thottie Sam and sexy Henry. But figuring all that shit out sounds an awful lot like maths.

And I, famously, ain’t no mathematician xoxo.

The Hotel Is A Terrible Business Model

Not so much of a question and more of an observation. In the first Mamma Mia film (and presumably the second) money is a big issue for the Sheridans – they don’t have heaps of it

Donna didn’t slay her rendition of Money, Money, Money for no reason. The bitch is broke.

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For a business that’s supposedly struggling, damn their overheads are HIGH. I clocked at least 40 people working in the kitchen, a full-time bartender and don’t even start me on the impromptu backup dancers.

You’re gonna wanna start making some redundancies if you want to survive in the hospitality industry.

Plot holes, unanswered questions and straight up fuckery aside, Mamma Mia 2 is a brilliant film and you all need to go see it like now. AND IT HAS CHER.

Or just play ABBA Gold on repeat. The next best thing, TBH.