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The Photograph

2020

Stella Meghie

Lakeith Stanfield, Issa Rae, Chelsea Peretti, Kingsley Ben-Adir ...

5.0

249

Romance. Drama When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she leaves her estranged daughter Mae Morton (Issa Rae) hurt, angry and full of questions. When a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box is found, Mae finds herself on a journey delving into her mother’s early life and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with a rising-star journalist, Michael Block (LaKeith Stanfield).

	Media	Author	Review
		Beandrea July The Hollywood Reporter	"Deeply flawed but both sexy and thoughtful (...) Meghie’s fourth feature (...) thick and multilayered with a lush and precise visual language, invites the audience to look beneath the surface of a standard meet-cute."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield have terrific chemistry (...) And although the film sometimes dips into muddled melodrama, those occasional setbacks can’t derail a story filled with warm, resonant characters trying to fathom their own hearts."
		Ian Freer Empire	"It’s worth the effort due to the chemistry generated by Stanfield and Rae (...) A well-made, thoughtful love story (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Meghie’s lush, sexy drama offers two stories in one — but neither ever get their full due."
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] has been timed for Valentine’s Day (...) [Except] the movie isn’t the sort of cookie-cutter sugar wafer that tends to get released by studios on that holiday. It’s a looser, warmer, and more meditative romance, one that takes its time by giving its actors room to breathe."
		Molly Freeman Screen Rant	"A lush, beautiful romantic drama, with the love story carried well by its two excellent leads, Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Adrian Horton The Guardian	"Rae and Lakeith Stanfield can’t save this dreary Valentine’s drama that lacks fizzle and emotional stakes (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Adam White The Independent	"While 'The Photograph' only occasionally reaches the highs of its genre predecessors, it’s lovely to have these kinds of movies back again all the same (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Candice Frederick The Wrap	"From its gorgeous settings to its bittersweet romance, Meghie has presented a story that emboldens us, no matter where we come from, to trust love."
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"[It] is like looking through a friend’s old photo album — it’s not as exciting as your friend thinks it is (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Caroline Siede AV Club	"There’s something to be said for the simple joys of watching beautiful, wealthy, endearingly awkward people fall in love against backdrops that include a tucked away bar in New Orleans and a dramatic hurricane in New York City."
		Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"You don’t need to bring a handkerchief into the theater for fear of ocular leakage, but The Photograph’s modestly hopeful denouement is, truly, picture perfect (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard	"Simply put, Michael and Mae don’t get enough time to just be (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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