Shallow characters, poor acting, a 15 minute story stretched out to almost 2 hours. Absolutely painful.

Haven’t been to a movie theater in a long time. I saw the previews and thought it would be a great love movie. Very disappointed that I was fighting to stay awake. We left the movie before it got to the middle. What a waste of money!Should of been a Netflix or Hulu movie.

🖤🖤🖤🖤 black love . Love it see love to promote it

Saddened the leading lady had to settle for a guy ghosting her with poor communication skills and she compromised everything to “get the guy” but he didn’t actually do anything to EARN her. Stellar cast which was my single motive for going to see this in theaters on opening weekend. Would appreciate a better deserving male lead (read: major character flaws he actually failed to overcome at all from start to finish yet somehow Mae is the one apologizing in the end???). Periodt.

such a dope movie

No chemistry between the two main characters; that was the biggest flaw.

Beautiful black love 😍

So...the best part of the movie was the background music...Honestly I think they should have made the whole movie just about the Mom...Welp....Let’s just stick to ‘Insecure’ Issa...

great movie!

This is a wonderful movie

my date loved it. I did too

#boring

The movie was a little long with a slow pace

great movie for that special person to go with

Absolute love this movie

I really enjoyed this movie the characters made you want to fall in love.

Perfect date night

I loved every minute!! It a great love story. The soundtrack is bomb af too

I loved it so much. 🥰

Awesome love story

Made my boyfriend tear up! We loved it! Great love story

Incredibly SLOW, stupid plot!

Loved it. I smiled during the entire movie.

Beautiful black love story!!!

great cast love the soundtrack

Awful movie

Was Kind Of boring. Fell Asleep.

Wanted to see this movie based on the main characters. The title was misleading, it definitely didn't follow the storyline. And then I saw that Will Packer was a part of the production...smh no wonder it made absolutely no sense. If you wanna support a black film then ok go see it other than that you'd be wasting your time and money

Weird plot to the movie

I loved the movie

The pacing was off at times. I was more invested in the flashback love story opposed to the present situation-ship. The soundtrack captured essence of the respective eras and settings and really moved the plot along. The nieces were hilarious and Issa's skin was flawless 😍

I really enjoyed the back story more so then the couple in the “main story” (on the trailer). I do have the day the way that he looks at her is uncannily!

really bad. i thought it would’ve been better.

Not enough love and sex

Enjoyed the movie, Lakeith is such a great actor. I felt he did have to carry scenes without help from Issa. It was also great seeing black people in a movie without someone being a criminal. The movie showed regular black people falling in love.

#AWESOME

It was a beautiful love story!

Issa Rae did an excellent job transitioning from T.V. to the big screen. She also did an excellent job portraying the character she played.

Lakeith and Issa Rae are great!!!

the movie was good I just wish the connection was displayed deeper it was like a uncertainty on the love side..

Beautiful movie, but the love stories were boring. Neither of the main couples portrayed had any real connection.

This is modern day Black Love and Life

The movie was terrible

Great movie to go see for date night

A waste of time

It ended to fast..

A love story that was really needed!

Truly enjoyed this movie. It tells a love story without all the mush.

Great movie, I absolutely loved everything about it.

Boring, poor story line, didn’t enjoy it

Ultimately, no amount of champagne, pretty faces, and New York real estate porn can turn dull lovers and a dramatic lack of focus into a pretty picture, and this is the reality The Photograph captures in the end.

Asher Luberto

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The 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.

Unfortunately, The Photograph doesn’t quite deliver on the promise of its premise.

Angelica Jade Bastien

New York Magazine (Vulture)