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Loving

2016 Directed by Jeff Nichols

All love is created equal

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.

Joel Edgerton Ruth Negga Marton Csokas Nick Kroll Michael Shannon Bill Camp Sharon Blackwood Alano Miller Terri Abney David Jensen Jon Bass Christopher Mann Winter-Lee Holland Michael Abbott Jr. Chris Greene Will Dalton Matt Malloy Andrene Ward-Hammond D.L. Hopkins Jennifer Joyner Lance Lemon Marquis Adonis Hazelwood Brenan Young Dalyn Cleckley Quinn McPherson Jevin Crochrell Jordan Williams Jr. Georgia Crawford Micah Claiborne Show All…

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Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★ 13

Jeff Nichols' most maturely directed film yet, though Take Shelter is still my favorite film of his. Definitely gonna be an Oscar contender: it'll probably get a Best Picture nomination, and I'd put money on Ruth Negga at the very least getting a Best Actress nom; well deserved too. It's not "Oscar bait," just a film with great intentions, impressively understated performances and subtle poignancy -- no oversentimentality or grand, expository dialogue.
Review by SilentDawn ★★½ 14

49/100

Loving isn't understated, it's *barely* stated. Jeff Nichols' new installment in his consistently boring filmography utilizes a kind of languid serenity which is at peace with the chosen story and the larger resonance of its ramifications in modern culture, but it's also not a very exciting situation or one which lends its hand to engaging, articulate drama. Nichols was the perfect fit for the project, but just because sensibility lines up with intention doesn't mean it's a story meant for the cinema, and Nichols buries any chance of flourish by committing solely to the actors and tossing everything else into the fields. Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga are astounding forces when it comes to embodying the indescribable love shared…
Review by Arielrocks5 ★★★★ 24

The thing I take away from the two latest from Jeff Nichols (so far, the only two I've seen from him) is the use of silence. Most of the film takes on a quite, slow moving, and rather calm sensibility towards each of its subjects and never breaks away from it (aside from one sequence towards the half way point).

It's something I can see most being bored by (trust me, during one of my theater checks a few days ago, I saw a guy straight up sleeping during this movie) but it's something I rather admire.

Time and time again, someone will take this sorta subject matter and over exaggerate it to the degree where it's hard to take…
Review by Katie ★★★★½

"Tell the judge I love my wife."

is michael shannon a real person? can he be my dad? can i fall in love? please?
Review by alie ★★★★½

i wonder how ruth negga is going to celebrate her oscar win
Review by Josh Larsen ★★★★ 11

More than anything else, this is a collection of little moments of life-building, which cinematographer Adam Stone gives a crumpled glow, as if old family snapshots have been polished and brought to life. The camera lingers on the snapping of green beans, the replacing of a car part, the ironing of shirts while holding a crying child. These are the tiny blocks of which a family life is constructed and they are the only things the Lovings are asking to be given.

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Review by htj

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Review by Dan Fite Jr. ★★★★

Slow, yes. But wonderfully human. And the cinematography? Insane! The warmth of the skin tones in this movie is muy perfecto.
Review by rackham ★★★

me every time ruth negga does literally anything: Tell The Judge I Love My Wife
Review by ChadS101 ★★½

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Solid film with a good story. However, it is nothing you haven't seen before and it felt like too sterile. For instance, the racist seemed too nice and the movie left you with the impression that the Lovings were left alone for the most part. I would have thought more adversity would have came their way.
Review by filminn ★★★★

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Review by hindAl1992 ★★★½

تدور اﻷحداث حول قصة حدثت بالفعل عن الزوجين ريتشارد وميلدريد ﻻفنج، واللذان تم إرسالهما إلى سجن وﻻية فيرجينيا عام 1958 لخرقهما قوانين الزواج في ذلك الوقت بسبب اختلافهما عرقيًا التي تفصل على نحو عنصري بين البيض والسود
Review by erika ★★★★

i love crying on a friday night

truly though thank god for my soc professor because i love this movie
Review by amanie ★★★★

i’ve been wanting to watch this since forever now and i must say that i am a little disappointed. the first half of the movie was amazing but i kind of got lost for a while and only got back during the last 20 minutes. nevertheless, this is still an incredible film and jeff nichols is a phenomenal director and writer.
Review by mae ★★★★

Loving is a film that hits you in a different level of heartache, it's silent and reserve that it allows the audience to feel and absorb everything that is happening in the film.

Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton are the right pick for Richard and Mildred's story they delivered such a beautiful performance and the chemistry between them was so heartwarming.