The Photograph (2020)

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

"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."

"There's so little genuine, starry eyed you-had-me-at-hello romance in American movies today that when a new love story pops up, it's hard not to root for it."

""The Photograph" is a movie of seductive, slow-savoured pleasures."

"The abundance of talent and some snappy banter add much needed pulse to a film which prioritises looks over heart, but it can't save a script that's sketch-deep."

"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."

"Despite the film's middle-of-the-road artistic impact, it represents the growth of something unseen for far too long: true-to-life black love that's not just played for laughs."