A Picture of You

Name: A Picture of You
Released: June 20, 2014
Rating: 73

2014

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| Release Date: June 20, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Estranged siblings Kyle and Jen travel from New York City to rural Pennsylvania to pack up the home of their recently deceased mother. While there, they make a discovery that turns their world upside-down.

Director: J.P. Chan

Rating: Not Rated

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Sheri Linden

Sep 11, 2014

Nimbly avoiding the excesses of melodrama and the recessiveness of mumblecore, Chan and his likably low-key cast navigate hairpin turns from drama to comedy to outright farce with an impressive sense of proportion. Read full review

Justin Lowe

Jun 19, 2014

Chan varies the film’s stylistic veneer of naturalism with occasional, lyrical scenes of the lush woodsy environs surrounding the family home and flashbacks to the kids’ childhoods, as well as moments of low-key visual humor, as the pair stumble about searching for clues to their mother’s secret life. Read full review

Katherine Vu

Jun 23, 2014

Sensitive and understated, J.P. Chan's A Picture of You balances humor and sentiment with an instinctive hand, skillfully unearthing honest, unexpected laughs amid intense grief. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Jun 19, 2014

Mr. Chan’s skill with actors — particularly with Ms. Mei and Mr. Pang’s persuasive, easygoing banter — compensates for the story’s limitations. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Jul 1, 2014

Competently written and skillfully acted, the film seems to be melodrama-bound, when a shocking discovery and the sudden arrival of friends instead send it careening into comedy. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Jun 20, 2014

Obviously, the situations of A Picture of You feel a bit forced but they’re handled in such a likable way that it’s forgivable, especially in the superior second half of the film. Read full review

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Sep 13, 2014

This is a story about adult brother and sister going to a countryside to pack up a house that belonged to their mom who just passed away. It is a drama with elements of a comedy. While watching it I felt that the movie is somehow immature, and that immaturity spreads over the script, theThis is a story about adult brother and sister going to a countryside to pack up a house that belonged to their mom who just passed away. It is a drama with elements of a comedy. While watching it I felt that the movie is somehow immature, and that immaturity spreads over the script, the acting and directing. Very decent cinematography though. Probably the script is the weakest part since it lacks credibility too often. Also, the movie is very slow. I doubt that I will remember it tomorrow...… Expand

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