Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield ground a love story with some real feeling in it; It's a looser, warmer, and more meditative romance, one that takes its time by giving its actors room to breathe
Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield can't save this dreary Valentine’s drama that lacks fizzle and emotional stakes; a beautifully filmed movie with a confoundingly, frustratingly underdeveloped story
Issa Rae and Keith Stanfield are so good together that when they're not on screen, you wish they were. That's how magnetic they are; "The Photograph" can be a bit off center at times, but once it finds its focus, it's lovely to watch it develop
in the end, none of this fine acting matters if the central romance doesn’t work. Thankfully, Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield have an easy chemistry, their dynamic undoubtedly bolstered by the way he looks at her
if only the story that surrounded it was as strong and well-crafted as the locales and people who populate it, "The Photograph" would be more than worthy of affection. As it stands, it just never quite develops into anything more
"The Photograph" treats all its characters with some decency and understanding, in a genre where straw villains and cardboard adversaries typically run rampant
by Adrian Horton [The Guardian ]
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Sun-Times ]
