wickedly mysterious. "The Souvenir", feels like exactly this kind of gem--an intimate object of artistry, beautifully crafted in every sense, and propelled by a beguiling performance by a newcomer to the screen
Tilda Swinton's daughter Honor Swinton-Byrne makes her dazzling debut (alongside Tilda, playing her on-screen mother) in Joanna Hogg's exquisite cine-memoir of a doomed love affair from her film-school days
Joanna Hogg's new movie "The Souvenir" is refrigerated and mysterious: uncompromising, uningratiating: an artefact in the highest auteur register, but a film that creeps up on you – from behind
Joanna Hogg dredges up bad romance and self-ruination in this ravishing reminiscence of her early film-school days; Swinton-Byrne and Burke are magnificent; The Souvenir feels like the only film in the world--the only one that matters
a superb performance from newcomer Honor Swinton Byrne; Joanna Hogg's latest feature is exceptional; it is a very dark romance that is all the more devastating
"The Souvenir" is magnificent self-portrait of love, loss, and creative awakening; An incredible breakout performance from Honor Swinton Byrne (Tilda Swinton's daughter) galvanizes Joanna Hogg's indelible story of first love
by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
