It's a beguiling combination at first, but the surrounding story is too clunky, the revelations too telegraphed.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 10, 2020

Simply put, Michael and Mae don't get enough time to just be, though a sequel could fix that.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 9, 2020

Luxuriantly sensual and unashamedly romantic, The Photograph is a cat's cradle of connecting love stories, spun across states, decades and continents.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 9, 2020

It's hard to imagine even the most susceptible audiences caring whether this bland couple get it together.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 7, 2020

What luck, then, that Stella Meghie's film returns to its stronger elements so often.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 4, 2020

Revel... in the subtle back-and-forth of becoming smitten, the glances, touches, silences. Think of it as a dance movie, a good one.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 4, 2020

Lakeith Stanfield and Issa Rae do wonderful work as people with an instant connection.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 25, 2020

You don't need to bring a handkerchief into the theatre for fear of ocular leakage, but The Photograph's modestly hopeful denouement is, truly, picture perfect.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 20, 2020

The American black experience has been the definition of pain; however, we do experience joy, fun, and love like every other race. We also experience success, and that is silently the most powerful element of The Photograph.

| Feb 19, 2020

[Rae and Stanfield] have amazing chemistry.

| Original Score: 8.7/10 | Feb 15, 2020

It is so good. It is so lovely, and beautifully acted, [and] gorgeously shot.

| Original Score: 8.8/10 | Feb 15, 2020

It's a little too soft and soupy.

| Feb 15, 2020

Superbly crafted and acted. Romantic on every level. Never overly dramatic, but always captivating. A refreshing and evocative love story that reflects the times we live in.

| Feb 14, 2020

Love, romantic or otherwise, is complicated. The Photograph reminds us that familial love is the root of how we love others.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 14, 2020

For a Valentine's trip to the movies, you couldn't wish for a hotter and more talented pair of lovers than Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield. Too bad the movie snuffs out their spark with cliches and over-complicated flashbacks.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 14, 2020

The Photograph is a sincerely beguiling film, even for its faults.

| Feb 14, 2020

All of it combines into not only a profoundly romantic experience, but also an exploration of a number of different kinds of love and connection.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 14, 2020

A lovely ghost of a movie, the kind of thing we used to call, in the days before the ascent of the superhero film, a popular entertainment.

| Feb 14, 2020

While I appreciate the gorgeous production design of The Photograph, because we don't know anything about these people, their wonderfully moneyed lives are more puzzling than comforting.

| Feb 14, 2020

The Photograph is an enjoyable enough love story, and sweet enough to indulge in during a holiday dedicated to candy hearts.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 14, 2020