The Souvenir: Part II (2021)
91%RT Audience Score: 86%
Awards & Nominations: 8 wins & 15 nominations
Drawing on another terrific performance from Honor Swinton Byrne, The Souvenir Part II continues its story with profound emotional complexity and elegant storytelling.
The Souvenir Part II is like the sequel we never knew we needed. It’s a coming-of-age story that’s deeper, funnier, and more imaginative than its predecessor. It’s like The Godfather Part II of posh misery, but with warmth where a freezer used to be. The film explores the emotional wreckage left behind from the original, but with a wider scope and smoother execution. It’s a masterful investigation of art’s ability to heal and make us understand ourselves a little better. And if there were to be The Souvenir Part III: Rosalind and James Walk Their Springer Spaniels, count me in!
Production Company(ies)
Santana Pictures, Corporation,
Distributor
A24
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Raynham Hangar Studios, Norfolk, England, UK
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for some strong sexuality, and language
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.66 : 1
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Runtime:1h 46m
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Language(s):English, French
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Country of origin:United Kingdom
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Oct 29, 2021 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 21, 2022
Genre(s)
Drama/Romance
Keyword(s)
starring Honor Swinton Byrne, Jaygann Ayeh, Tilda Swinton, Richard Ayoade, Ariane Labed, James Spencer Ashworth, directed by Joanna Hogg, written by Joanna Hogg, drama, romance, box office performance, budget, reviewed by David Stratton, Mark Kermode, Ian Freer, Adam White, Deborah Ross, Donald Clarke, Sarah Ward, Shikhar Verma, Dan Bayer, Julian Wood, Dominic Corry, Simon Miraudo, produced by Ed Guiney, Joanna Hogg, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Luke Schiller, MPAA rating R, 1980s London, film student, unpredictable romantic entanglements, emotional complexity, elegant storytelling
Worldwide gross: $380,778
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $380,778
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,805
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 41,524
US/Canada gross: $98,929
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $98,929
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,666
US/Canada opening weekend: $26,485
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $26,485
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,415
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Jaygann Ayeh – Marland
Tilda Swinton – Rosalind
Richard Ayoade – Patrick
Ariane Labed – Garance
James Spencer Ashworth – William
Director(s)
Joanna Hogg
Writer(s)
Joanna Hogg
Producer(s)
Ed Guiney, Joanna Hogg, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Luke Schiller
Film Festivals
Cannes
Awards & Nominations
8 wins & 15 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (129) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (118) | Rotten (11)
The Souvenir Part II is undeniably the work of a talented director though this episode of the autobiography is less interesting than its predecessor.
March 17, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
David Stratton
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
This is a creative coming-of-age story – a portrait of the artist as a young woman discovering her own voice.
February 6, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Mark Kermode
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Joanna Hogg delivers an object lesson in how to deliver a follow-up: deeper, funnier, more imaginative than its predecessor, The Souvenir Part II is a filmmaker working at the peak of her powers.
February 5, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Ian Freer
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Think of it as The Godfather Part II of posh misery, a film built upon the emotional wreckage left behind from the original, yet wider in scope, smoother in execution, and with warmth where a freezer used to be.
February 4, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Adam White
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
It is painfully touching. You can’t tear your eyes from them. If there were to be The Souvenir Part III: Rosalind and James Walk Their Springer Spaniels, I would be up for that.
February 4, 2022
Deborah Ross
The Spectator
TOP CRITIC
Hogg has created her own universe and explored it with relentless vigour. Few final shots have so satisfactorily summed up such a magnum opus.
February 4, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Donald Clarke
Irish Times
TOP CRITIC
Cinema isn’t short on memoirs, many of them wonderful, but The Souvenir and its just-as-phenomenal sequel are in a bold and brilliant realm all of their own.
June 25, 2022
Sarah Ward
Concrete Playground
The Souvenir: Part II becomes a masterful investigation of art’s ability to heal and make us understand ourselves a little better.
June 10, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
Shikhar Verma
High on Films
A very nice-looking slog, but a slog all the same.
May 10, 2022 | Rating: 5/10
Dan Bayer
Next Best Picture
dizzyingly postmodern.
March 15, 2022 | Rating: 18/20
Julian Wood
FILMINK (Australia)
A less literal film than the first one, Hogg eventually strides headlong into something between David Lynch and Charlie Kaufman-style meta playfulness. It’s wonderful. This one is guaranteed to leave you feeling some kind of way.
March 15, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Dominic Corry
New Zealand Herald
If the first film was a menacing love (or something like it) story, IThe Souvenir Part IIi is a fulfilling and ultimately cathartic ghost tale that enriches the first film without diminishing it. As a conclusion, it’s brilliant.
March 11, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Simon Miraudo
Movie Squad (RTRFM 92.1)…
Plot
In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The Souvenir Part II stars Honor Swinton Byrne, daughter of Tilda Swinton, who also appears in the film.
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