Picture This (2025 film)

Picture This is a 2025 British romantic comedy film starring Simone Ashley and Hero Fiennes Tiffin. It is based on the film Five Blind Dates (2024).

Struggling photographer Pia receives a prophecy, true love will come to her wihin her next five dates. With her sister Lonal's wedding fast approaching and her family playing matchmaker, her ex Charlie re-appears into her suddenly chaotic love life.

The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on 6 March 2025.

Portrait studio owner Pia has a younger sister Sonal, who is engaged to be married. Their mom Laxmi also wishes Pia would get married, but she insists on being independent and believes she does not need a man. Her studio is not making much money, and risks closure. Pia's co-worker Jay asks about Charlie, her first love from school, but she says he is now with Lily and is going to be the best man at Sonal's wedding.

An astrologer the family hires for Sonal and her fiancé Sam prophesizes that Pia's life partner will be one of the next five persons she meets. At a pre-wedding event, Pia sees a friend, Akshay, and her first love, Charlie, who is still working at a restaurant in Welwyn.

Pia's dad arranges a date for her with the wealthy Sid, who is interested in investing in her studio. He offers to give her money in return for her being his wife, but only socially, since he is averse to touching anyone. She leaves after accidentally causing his toilet to overflow.

The date Laxmi arranges for Pia is surprisingly Akshay, who is Laxmi's assistant. She offers him strawberries and chocolate brownies, inadvertantly causing an anaphylactic reaction as he had an allergic reaction to the nuts. She saves him with an Epi pen from his bag. As they kiss, he yells out her mom's name, and then claims to go out to coffee or dinner with her. Pia stabs him again with the pen before leaving.

Charlie sees Pia at her studio and asks her to take his photo. She claims to be dating, and asks why he came all the way over rather than calling or texting. Charlie admits he still thinks about her from time to time.

The next date Pia goes on is with Milo, a yoga instructor. He convinces her to walk on hot coals and later unbelievably insists the earth is flat. As Pia drives out with Charlie, they talk about how they were supposed to keep in touch, but somehow it did not happen. He never visited her at the university, nor did she see him in Welwyn. They discover that Lily was sleeping in the back seat, overheard the whole conversation, and thinks Charlie and Pia would make a cute couple.

Sonal's wedding celebrations are in full swing. There, Pia tells Laxmi that not only did Sid and Milo not work out, but Akshay is in love with Laxmi instead. An argument breaks out between the sisters, then Sonal asks Pia to leave.

Back at the studio, an eviction notice arrives in the mail. A customer asks for a passport photo, and Pia tells him that taking a photo is about capturing a moment in time and making it last forever. Unknown to Pia, another customer has shot a video of her statements.

The video gets posted on social media, where it goes viral. Jay offers himself as Pia's fourth date, and tells her the story about his coming out to his mom. The next day, many customers show up at their studio after seeing the viral video, so they are booked for months into the future.

Pia goes to her sister's wedding, where she sees her Mom making out with Akshay. Laxmi says she too saw the video on the internet, and gives her the keys to the family jewelry box and tells her to invest it in her photography. Pia fully reconciles with Sonal.

The astrologer asks Pia if she has found the one. She replies that she has not yet gone out on five dates, but she will. Lily is now with Milo, leaving Charlie free. Pia tells Charlie that seeing him made her realize that he is the one for her. Charlie agrees that he has always been so.

Pia and Charlie share a kiss, which the Astrologer sees and smiles knowingly. She then asks him out on a date. Later, Charlie visits Pia at her studio and shows her the Sunday Times Magazine with her article in it.

The last scene shows everyone dancing at the wedding.

• Simone Ashley as Pia
• Hero Fiennes Tiffin as Charlie
• Luke Fetherston as Jay
• Sindhu Vee as Laxmi “Lax” Jaswani
• Phil Dunster as Milo Bonner
• Nikesh Patel as Akshay
• Adil Ray as Mukul
• Kulvinder Ghir Pandit RBC Fugga
• Asim Chaudhry as Sid
• Anoushka Chadha as Sona
• Freya Ceesay and Renèe Hart as Teen Girls

Set in London,^[1] the film is produced by Ben Pugh and Erica Steinberg for 42 and directed by Prarthana Mohan. Josh Horsfield and Kari Hatfield are executive producers.^[2] Nikita Lalwani has written the script which is based on the 2024 Australian film Five Blind Dates, written by Shuang Hu and Nathan Ramos-Park. Picture This entered post-production in March 2024.^[3]

Simone Ashley and Hero Fiennes Tiffin lead the cast.^[4] The cast also includes Sindhu Vee, Phil Dunster, Nikesh Patel, Adil Ray, Kulvinder Ghir and Asim Chaudhry.^[5]

The film was released on 6 March 2025 through streaming service Amazon Prime Video.^[6]

On the review aggregator site, Rotten Tomatoes, 45% from 31 critics of reviews shared were positive.^[7]

• Picture This at IMDb