The Souvenir Part II
The Souvenir Part II is a 2021 drama film, written and directed by Joanna Hogg. It is a sequel to "The Souvenir" (2019). It stars Honor Swinton Byrne, Jaygann Ayeh, Richard Ayoade, James Spencer Ashworth, Harris Dickinson, Charlie Heaton, Joe Alwyn, and Tilda Swinton. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on July 8, 2021. It was released in the United States on October 29, 2021, by A24, and was released in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2022, by Picturehouse Entertainment. The film received critical acclaim from critics. Production. In May  2017, it was announced Honor Swinton Byrne, Robert Pattinson, Tilda Swinton, Richard Ayoade and Ariane Labed had joined the cast of the film, with Joanna Hogg directing from a screenplay she wrote. Luke Schiller, Ed Guiney, Rose Garnett, Lizzie Francke, Emma Norton, Andrew Lowe, Martin Scorsese, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff will serve as producers on the film under their Element Pictures, BBC Films and Sikelia Productions banners, respectively. In January 2019, A24 acquired distribution rights to the film. In June 2019, Pattinson dropped out of the film due to scheduling conflicts with "The Batman". In August 2019, it was announced  Charlie Heaton, Harris Dickinson and Joe Alwyn had joined the cast of the film, with Heaton and Dickinson replacing Pattinson. Principal photography began on June 3, 2019. Filming wrapped in July 2019. Release. In March 2021, Picturehouse Entertainment acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights to the film. It had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors Fortnight section on July 8, 2021. It was released in the United States on October 29, 2021. It was released in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2022. Critical response. The film received widespread critical acclaim from critics. On Rotten  Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 94% based on 86 critical reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Drawing on another terrific performance from Honor Swinton Byrne, The Souvenir Part II continues its story with profound emotional complexity and elegant storytelling." On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 89 based on 31 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim." Peter Bradshaw of "The Guardian" described the film as an "amazingly luminous self-portrait of the film-maker as a young woman" and gave it the full five stars. The film received  similar praise from Guy Lodge of "Variety", who described Hogg's film as "a dazzling, fragile follow-up to her semi-autobiographical coming-of-age stunner from 2019".