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OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)

OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)

Music · Documentary · 2022

Grammy® winner singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo takes a familiar road trip from Salt Lake City, where she began writing her debut album “SOUR,” to Los Angeles. Along the way, Rodrigo recounts the memories of writing and creating her record-breaking debut album and shares her feelings as a young woman navigating a specific time in her life. Through new live arrangements of her songs, intimate interviews and never-before-seen footage from the making of the album, audiences will follow Olivia along on a cinematic journey exploring the story of “SOUR.”

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OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)

“The story behind the #1 album.”

2022 Music · Documentary 1h 16m

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7.8 / 10

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Grammy® winner singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo takes a familiar road trip from Salt Lake City, where she began writing her debut album “SOUR,” to Los Angeles. Along the way, Rodrigo recounts the memories of writing and creating her record-breaking debut album and shares her feelings as a young woman navigating a specific time in her life. Through new live arrangements of her songs, intimate interviews and never-before-seen footage from the making of the album, audiences will follow Olivia along on a cinematic journey exploring the story of “SOUR.”

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Directed by

Stacey Lee

Olivia Rodrigo

Olivia Rodrigo

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Dan Nigro

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Jacob Collier

Jacob Collier

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Blu DeTiger

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Towa Bird

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Heather Elizabeth Baker

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Stevie Blacke

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.