feeldb

The Photograph

2020 · 106 min · Director: Stella Meghie ★ IMDb 6.1 · 6,783 ratings

Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)

When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life - an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.

Ask Kadri

Trailer for The Photograph

Playing the trailer connects to YouTube. No connection is made until you choose to play.

Rate how it felt
Working…

Your viewing check-in

Emotional fingerprint

The Photograph (2020) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Melancholy 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love30%
  2. Hope10%

AI estimate · no viewer votes yet

How we measure

AI estimate

Share of emotional signal, not the percentage of people or a probability of enjoyment.

Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Love, Melancholy, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Melancholy and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 63/100.

How did it make you feel?

Votes are saved to the fingerprint once you’re signed in.

Pick up to three · 0/3

1
2
3

Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Love
  • Sadness
  • Humor

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Love
Sadness
Humor
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
Ending hidden

Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveSadnessHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness48 %22 %45 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness54 %26 %46 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor50 %31 %35 %31 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Sadness48 %32 %24 %41 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Humor54 %39 %18 %41 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Love56 %46 %18 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Love57 %51 %14 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Love63 %57 %4 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Love63 %54 %6 %48 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Humor57 %44 %18 %44 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Love55 %35 %31 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Sadness56 %29 %48 %9 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Sadness59 %30 %55 %6 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Sadness59 %35 %46 %19 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Humor57 %39 %32 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Tension65 %41 %44 %14 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Sadness69 %43 %60 %11 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Love64 %48 %48 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Hope64 %56 %25 %19 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Love62 %58 %10 %8 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

AI reading of the film’s English subtitles (dialogue and sound cues) — not viewer votes. How we measure ↗

Kadri — your film companion

AI

Ask anything about The Photograph. From the film’s own dialogue and FeelDB data, at your spoiler level.

Kadri

Hi, I’m Kadri. Ask me anything about The Photograph — I’ll stay inside your spoiler line.

Premise only
Enter to send · Shift + Enter for a new line
Afterward Reveal viewer responses · may contain spoilers

Viewer responses about feelings after the title ended, separate from feelings while watching. No AI estimates.

0 responses so far

Feeling details appear after at least 3 viewers respond, to protect privacy.

Cast

LaKeith Stanfield

Michael Block

YN
Y'lan Noel

Young Isaac

Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Andy Morrison

JC
Jasmine Cephas Jones

Rachel Miller

WH
Wakeema Hollis

Denise Holness

Rob Morgan

Isaac Jefferson

CP
Chelsea Peretti

Sara Rodgers

Courtney B. Vance

Louis Morton

CC
Christopher Cassarino

Billy Wasko

KK
Kenneth Kynt Bryan

Dancer

JB
Jamaal Burcher

Server

MS
Marsha Stephanie Blake

Violet Eames

MW
Maxwell Whittington-Cooper

Peter Thomas

Details

Directed by
Stella Meghie
Written by
Stella Meghie
Type
Movies
Released
2020
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States, China
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 6,783 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
Data updated

Where to watch

Also on

Availability varies by country

Data: JustWatch · Wikidata

Feels similar

More like this →

Emotion overlap shows mood similarity, not a prediction of enjoyment.