
Kyle and Jen, estranged siblings, travel from New York City to rural Pennsylvania to pack up the home of their recently deceased mother. While there, they make a discovery that turns their world upside-down. A Picture of You is a serious movie about life that smashes into a funny movie about death. It's a story about family, loss, secrets, letting go, and starting anew.... (Full plot summary below)
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Kyle and Jen, estranged siblings, travel from New York City to rural Pennsylvania to pack up the home of their recently deceased mother. While there, they make a discovery that turns their world upside-down. A Picture of You is a serious movie about life that smashes into a funny movie about death. It's a story about family, loss, secrets, letting go, and starting anew.
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| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenNimbly avoiding the excesses of melodrama and the recessiveness of mumblecore, Chan and his likably low-key cast navigate hairpin turns from drama to comedy to outright farce with an impressive sense of proportion. |
| Village VoiceKatherine VuSensitive and understated, J.P. Chan's A Picture of You balances humor and sentiment with an instinctive hand, skillfully unearthing honest, unexpected laughs amid intense grief. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweChan varies the film’s stylistic veneer of naturalism with occasional, lyrical scenes of the lush woodsy environs surrounding the family home and flashbacks to the kids’ childhoods, as well as moments of low-key visual humor, as the pair stumble about searching for clues to their mother’s secret life. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibCompetently written and skillfully acted, the film seems to be melodrama-bound, when a shocking discovery and the sudden arrival of friends instead send it careening into comedy. |
| The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMr. Chan’s skill with actors — particularly with Ms. Mei and Mr. Pang’s persuasive, easygoing banter — compensates for the story’s limitations. |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoObviously, the situations of A Picture of You feel a bit forced but they’re handled in such a likable way that it’s forgivable, especially in the superior second half of the film. |
| User ReviewnetflicThis is a story about adult brother and sister going to a countryside to pack up a house that belonged to their mom who just passed away. It is a drama with elements of a comedy. While watching it I felt that the movie is somehow immature, and that immaturity spreads over the script, the acting and directing. Very decent cinematography though. Probably the script is the weakest part since it lacks credibility too often. Also, the movie is very slow. I doubt that I will remember it tomorrow... |