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Photograph

2019

Ritesh Batra

Nawazuddin Siddique, Sanya Malhotra, Abdul Quadir Amin, Denzil Smith ...

5.5

430

Romance. Drama Two lives intersect in Mumbai and go along together. A struggling street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a connection that transforms them in ways that they could not expect.

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Batra’s filmmaking has remained markedly consistent in tone and texture: You’d be hard pressed to find anyone making nicer films in world cinema right now."	POS
United States	Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter	"A quiet charmer (...) Batra turns a story that sounds tired and goofy into a lovely film with a tone of tender sadness."	POS
United States	Jordan Raup The Film Stage	"Batra shows a sensitive touch and a patient eye for the subtle rhythms of human connection (...) It’s hard not to feel a warm affectation for his humble approach to filmmaking"	POS
United States	Aisha Harris The New York Times	"If the story is familiar, the storytelling can be immersive (...) [The] societal details aren’t hammered in; they’re embedded as seamlessly as they tend to be in real life."	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"The performances are lovely (...) 'Photograph' goes a little too far in implementing Batra’s favored style of storytelling. Sometimes, less isn’t more, but — as in this case — not quite enough (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"'Photograph's deliberate pace does bring some rich rewards for the patient viewer (...) [It] entrances when it’s swimming through the city with its star-crossed lovers"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Batra sometimes captures the city with something approaching the rapture with which Wong Kar-wai captures Hong Kong. Yet it is weirdly opaque and internalised, and doesn’t ever really come to life (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"The craft is impeccable, the performances low-key and likeable plus there is something persuasive about Batra’s gentle worldview (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"An enchanting romance as plausible as it is magic (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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