When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life - an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.... (Full plot summary below)
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When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life - an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.
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| The Associated PressMark KennedyWritten and directed by Stella Meghie, the film is a gentle and attentive inter-generational tale with a first-rate cast. |
| ObserverOliver JonesAll of it combines into not only a profoundly romantic experience, but also an exploration of a number of different kinds of love and connection. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Johanna SchnellerMeghie’s films don’t conform to conventional plot structure; her approach is more musical, more fluid. As a result, her rhythms are sometimes a little off, as the plot wanders down this or that detour. On the plus side, she makes time for naturalistic conversations. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe Photograph treats all its characters with some decency and understanding, in a genre where straw villains and cardboard adversaries typically run rampant. The plaintive, jazz-inflected musical score by Robert Glasper establishes the right vibe and level of drama, which is to say: more like life and less like the movies. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperIt’s a knowing and insightful look at how lives can be forever changed and love can be lost or gained in a single moment. |
| RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloThrough cinematographer Mark Schwartzbard’s lens, The Photograph feels like a gentle throwback to romantic movies that left their audiences in good spirits as they filed out of the theater. |
| TimeStephanie ZacharekThe Photograph, both thoughtful and entertaining, with a pleasurably laid-back vibe, belongs to a class of movie that barely exists anymore on the big screen. It’s also a reminder that appealing actors are sometimes the best spectacle of all. |
| Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangThe Photograph is a movie of seductive, slow-savored pleasures. |
| Screen DailyTim GriersonAlthough 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. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanIt’s a looser, warmer, and more meditative romance, one that takes its time by giving its actors room to breathe. |
