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In the half-second after the lights went down, I heard one of them whisper, Just enjoy it.
The originalSouvenir, from 2019, was not a movie that seemed to immediately scream out for a sequel.
(Part one got great reviews, but was not an overwhelming financial success.)
(I wouldnt go that far, but again: I absolutely loveThe Souvenir.)
But its Julies burgeoning creativity, a subplot last time, that takes center stage this time around.
Its a tender, embarrassing process, but that only makes Julies faltering progress feel all the more monumental.
This maybe makesThe Souvenir Part IIsound impossibly dry and boring.
Its not its funnier than the original, and looser, too.
And I was there, smiling and clapping, basking in the glow of that friendship.
