The Photograph

"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." 

"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." 

"It’s worth the effort due to the chemistry generated by Stanfield and Rae (...) A well-made, thoughtful love story (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Meghie’s lush, sexy drama offers two stories in one — but neither ever get their full due." 

"[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." 

"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)"
 

"Rae and Lakeith Stanfield can’t save this dreary Valentine’s drama that lacks fizzle and emotional stakes (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"