Loving

Name: Loving
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Released: November 4, 2016
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga

2016

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Loving

Movie Details & Credits

Focus Features | Release Date: November 4, 2016

Starring: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga

Summary: Loving celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), who married and then spent the next nine years fighting for the right to live as a family in their hometown. Their civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia, went all the way to the Supreme Court, which inLoving celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), who married and then spent the next nine years fighting for the right to live as a family in their hometown. Their civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia, went all the way to the Supreme Court, which in 1967 reaffirmed the very foundation of the right to marry - and their love story has become an inspiration to couples ever since.… Expand

Director: Jeff Nichols

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 123 min

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Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Nov 22, 2016

Sometimes a movie speaks loudest when nobody raises a voice. I can’t remember a single scene of fierce denunciation, fervid declaration of righteousness, act of violence or shouting match in Loving. Yet it lands with as much impact as any movie you’ll see this year. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Nov 3, 2016

Mr. Nichols’s most distinct aesthetic choice is the movie’s quietness and the hush that envelops its first scene and that eventually defines the Lovings as much as their accents, gestures, manners and battles. Read full review

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Kate Taylor

Nov 10, 2016

Mainly the director’s decision to eschew the pulpit in favour of the parishioners pays off handsomely, creating an unaffected yet touching account of this civil-rights victory. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

May 20, 2016

Nichols—director of Take Shelter, Mud and, most recently, Midnight Special—tells the Lovings’ story in a way that feels immediate and modern, and not just like a history lesson. Read full review

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Nov 12, 2016

Loving is an important and interesting motion picture but it’s not always as involving as it might have been. Read full review

USA Today Brian Truitt

Nov 2, 2016

For the most part a no-frills, almost sedate affair, the drama finds its real power in two strong lead performances. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

May 20, 2016

Here is a film with its heart in the right place, an anatomical correctness coexisting with heartfelt, forthright conviction and an admirable belief in the virtue of simplicity and underplaying.... But this restraint sometimes sags into a kind of absence, and means the film itself is a bit rhetorically underpowered. Read full review

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Seymour_Movies

Dec 11, 2016

I may be biased toward Jeff Nichols' movies because I love everything he does, but I think he did it again. This is an emotional story that is done justice by tasteful directing and unreal performances by Edgerton and Negga with help from an amazing support cast. This movie is as importantI may be biased toward Jeff Nichols' movies because I love everything he does, but I think he did it again. This is an emotional story that is done justice by tasteful directing and unreal performances by Edgerton and Negga with help from an amazing support cast. This movie is as important and relevant as ever.… Expand

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Brent_Marchant

Nov 11, 2016

A heartfelt, personal take on a bigger story with wide-sweeping implications, showing the human impact on ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances. The film's understated writing, nuanced performances and successful handling of legal issues that could have easily becomeA heartfelt, personal take on a bigger story with wide-sweeping implications, showing the human impact on ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances. The film's understated writing, nuanced performances and successful handling of legal issues that could have easily become unwieldy lend much to this well-crafted biopic, one worthy of all the accolades it has and will likely receive. Truly one of the standout offerings of this year's awards season releases.… Expand

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TVJerry

Nov 28, 2016

This film is based on the true case of Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple who lived in Virginia (where the film was also shot) and ultimately challenged the miscegenation laws in the Supreme Court. This film quietly tells their story without overblown outrage or extremeThis film is based on the true case of Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple who lived in Virginia (where the film was also shot) and ultimately challenged the miscegenation laws in the Supreme Court. This film quietly tells their story without overblown outrage or extreme emotion. Director Jeff Nichols lets images, especially faces, poignantly tell as much of the story as the minimal dialogue. With the sweetly touching, skillfully underplayed performances by Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga (both of whom will surely see Oscar noms) their situation is rendered even more poignant. Some may find the pace slow, but I found it quietly compelling. In addition to the historical significance of the case, this film beautifully portrays the enduring love that made their relationship transcend racial boundaries.… Expand

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DirigiblePulp

Feb 27, 2017

A film whose emphasis on understated, everyday love is both its highest achievement and its own undoing. The film wants us to understand, at the extent of legal battles, racial tension and civil rights, just how normal and common the Loving's love was. This is both admirable andA film whose emphasis on understated, everyday love is both its highest achievement and its own undoing. The film wants us to understand, at the extent of legal battles, racial tension and civil rights, just how normal and common the Loving's love was. This is both admirable and problematic.

Their love is too common and taken for granted to amount to much more on screen, and the legal battle so short-handed it's hard to engage with it beyond the future knowledge of its importance. I want to commend this film with a pat on the back, and rough enough that it might jolt it into some kind of fiery energy all its own.… Expand

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BrianMcCritic

Feb 11, 2017

While I appreciate Loving for the story it tells, I believe it plays to close to the vest. There's just not enough passion or emotion given to some of these characters. In the end though it is worth at least checking out. B+

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RatedRex

Nov 4, 2016

"Loving" is a quiet, thoughtful film that ask, who are we to tell anyone else who to fall in love with. The epitome of insecurity is to want someone else to do, what you want him to do, in order for you to preserve your opinion of yourself. "Loving" confronts those insecurities without"Loving" is a quiet, thoughtful film that ask, who are we to tell anyone else who to fall in love with. The epitome of insecurity is to want someone else to do, what you want him to do, in order for you to preserve your opinion of yourself. "Loving" confronts those insecurities without beating the subject over the head. Don't go into the theatre looking for melodrama, with a bunch of dramatic scenes. "Loving" moves at a steady, deliberate pace, with fluctuating decimal levels...just like real life.… Expand

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NedRyerson1

Jan 23, 2017

Loving as a based on true events film, tells the story of the marriage that set the breakthrough on equality of civil rights to interracial couples. The problem with the movie is that never takes off; you are always waiting for something. You get to know very little of the protagonist,Loving as a based on true events film, tells the story of the marriage that set the breakthrough on equality of civil rights to interracial couples. The problem with the movie is that never takes off; you are always waiting for something. You get to know very little of the protagonist, marked by lack of insight and dialogues remitted to monosyllables. Don’t even ask for supporting roles. The plot has definitely one and only objective, which was set focus on the process not the characters. With this in mind, the climax of the picture, which surely is the most important part, isn’t shown in order to concentrate on the protagonists life. Basically the movie is boring, is lost in the idea that seeks to convey, falling into inconsistencies. Its noticeable some struggle with the direction and script. There is no work with camera or soundtrack. And the so loved performances are average, nothing to highlight.… Expand

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