''Snapshots'' is a 2018 American independent drama film directed by

Melanie Mayron Melanie Joy Mayron is an American actress and director of film and television. Mayron is best known for her role as photographer Melissa Steadman on the ABC drama ''thirtysomething'' for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Su ...

and starring

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and Brooke Adams.

Cast

as Rose *

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as Allison * Brooke Adams as Patty *Shannon Collis as Young Rose *

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as Louise * Brett Dier as Zee * Max Adler as Joe *

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Reception

The film has rating on

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. Guy Lodge of ''

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'' gave the film a negative review and wrote, "''Snapshots'' wallows a little too readily in cliché to be quite as stirring as its story - one drawn from Corran's own family history - sounds on paper." Frank Scheck of ''

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'' gave the film a positive review and wrote, "And while the pacing can be a little too leisurely at times, it doesn't prevent ''Snapshots'' from being a mature, reflective drama that is all the more effective for its restraint." Paul Parcellin of '' Film Threat'' also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Fortunately, the film avoids taking us down a predictable path and instead provides what feels like a more true to life recollection of days gone by."

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* * {{Melanie Mayron 2018 drama films 2018 independent films 2018 LGBT-related films American drama films American independent films American LGBT-related films Films directed by Melanie Mayron Films scored by David Michael Frank Lesbian-related films LGBT-related drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films