Joanna Hoggs autobiographical sequel was the peak of her career to date, but her narrative was already claimed.
Essentially, she becomes an assertive young woman of the ’90s.
Yes, it’s very meta.
Honor Swinton Byrne in ‘The Souvenir Part II’.Josh Barrett/A24
Critics at Cannes were wowed.
It’s also funnier than the first chapter.
But for some reason, it didn’t click.
Maybe people thought they needed to watchPart Ifirst, and that felt like homework.
(DittoRebecca HallwithPassing.)
So how about Joanna Hogg, shaping her own journey into something feminist and inspiring?
Maybe there’s only so much space for that, or maybe we didn’t try hard enough.
I’d say the latter.
Those resonances are universal and eternal.
But then, whydothey become directors?
How does a person discover that they were meant to be a filmmaker?
And where are the onscreen stories about that awakening?The Souvenir Part IIis the answer.
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