A Photographic Memory
| Release Date: November 22, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
90
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Universal acclaim based on 4 Critic Reviews
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0
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100
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 19, 2025
This poetic gem is a journey from the weight of absence to the serenity of presence, thanks in no small part to the inquisitive, gifted woman pulled from obscurity: Sheila Turner-Seed, whose life was short but full and worth revitalizing. Read full review
90
The New York TimesAlissa WilkinsonNov 21, 2024
It’s a film that captures the unsettling sensation of reaching middle age, knowing the length of the road ahead is uncertain but certainly shorter than it’s ever been, and not being able to see past the age your parent was upon death. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 19, 2025
Without playing with anyone’s life, A Photographic Memory makes beautiful sense of the connections between mother and daughter, work and love and other mysteries. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichNov 21, 2024
A Photographic Memory is guided by a probing specificity, and the deeper it pushes into the weeds of Sheila’s past — and the harder it listens for how they might reverberate through Rachel’s present — the easier it gets for viewers to hear echoes from their own lives in the stuff of the filmmaker’s search. Read full review
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