Review of The Photograph (2020) by Donald Clarke for The Irish Times — 05 Mar 2020
The film’s failure is a shame. The straight romantic movie deserves to thrive and African-American talent deserves an opportunity to play out its stories in the mainstream. But The Photograph is too nice, too leisurely and too lacking in friction.
Oh, for more of the briefly glimpsed satire that, in scenes set in the 1980s, sees Mae’s mom competing for a job against an unending line of banal, primped, Upper East Side princesses. That’s what we’re looking for.
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This review of The Photograph (2020) was written by Donald Clarke and published by The Irish Times on 05 Mar 2020.
The Photograph has generally received positive reviews.
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