Loving
Based on a true story, this romance from writer-director Jeff Nichols (Mud) sees a white man (Joel Edgerton, Black Mass) and a black woman (Ruth Negga, in an Oscar nominated performance) fall deeply in love in 1967 Virginia. They marry, construct a house, and build a life only to have the racially intolerant law force them to fight for their right to be together - a fight that would last years. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2016.
- Director:
- Jeff Nichols ('Midnight Special', 'Mud', 'Take Shelter', 'Shotgun Stories')
- Writer:
- Jeff Nichols
- Cast:
- Joel EdgertonRuth NeggaMarton CsokasMichael ShannonNick KrollBill CampSharon BlackwoodAlano Miller
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksMidway through 2016, Loving was THE based-on-a-true-story race-relations drama that had Oscar Winner written all over it. Guess the Academy didn’t receive that envelope. It’s a shame, because writer-director Jeff Nichols has made a worthy rise with the sombre Shotgun Stories, the frightening Take Shelter, the melodic Mud, and the concise Midnight Special. They’re vastly different films – as is Loving – but they all share a warmth and adoration for Southern America that has been a signature of Nichols’ work. He exhales that same romanticism here which, for better or worse, is the best quality of this film.
a powerful story of an ordinary couple who changed history
History is full of accidental heroes who stood at a time and place where something profound happened around them. This theme shines in Loving (2016), a film about a couple whose marriage was challenged in the USA Supreme Court in 1967. In one of the exquisite ironies of history, the couple’s surname was Loving and it was only love that kept them together...
Variety
pressIt features two of the best American performances of the past several years, from Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga...
Time Out
pressThis is a thoughtful film, but one that's slightly limited by its own careful restraint.
The Telegraph
pressShort on grandstanding and hindsight, long on tenderness and honour, and sticks carefully to the historical record.
The Guardian
pressHere 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...
Stuff
pressIt's an important story of ground-breaking courage, but disappointingly LOVING doesn't do it justice
New Zealand Herald
pressPuts a human face on racial intolerance and does so with plenty of heart.
Los Angeles Times
pressNichols and his team have made Loving as accurate as they could without making it feel like a copy of reality or compromising its considerable emotional impact.
Hollywood Reporter
pressNichols has delivered a timely drama that, unlike most films of its type, doesn’t want to clobber you with its importance.
FilmInk
pressThe period detail here is good, but – given what we already know going in about American history in the Sixties – there’s an unavoidable lack of suspense.
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksMidway through 2016, Loving was THE based-on-a-true-story race-relations drama that had Oscar Winner written all over it. Guess the Academy didn’t receive that envelope. It’s a shame, because writer-director Jeff Nichols has made a worthy rise with the sombre Shotgun Stories, the frightening Take Shelter, the melodic Mud, and the concise Midnight Special. They’re vastly different films – as is Loving – but they all share a warmth and adoration for Southern America that has been a signature of Nichols’ work. He exhales that same romanticism here which, for better or worse, is the best quality of this film.
Variety
pressIt features two of the best American performances of the past several years, from Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga...
Time Out
pressThis is a thoughtful film, but one that's slightly limited by its own careful restraint.
The Telegraph
pressShort on grandstanding and hindsight, long on tenderness and honour, and sticks carefully to the historical record.
The Guardian
pressHere 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...
Stuff
pressIt's an important story of ground-breaking courage, but disappointingly LOVING doesn't do it justice
New Zealand Herald
pressPuts a human face on racial intolerance and does so with plenty of heart.
Los Angeles Times
pressNichols and his team have made Loving as accurate as they could without making it feel like a copy of reality or compromising its considerable emotional impact.
Hollywood Reporter
pressNichols has delivered a timely drama that, unlike most films of its type, doesn’t want to clobber you with its importance.
FilmInk
pressThe period detail here is good, but – given what we already know going in about American history in the Sixties – there’s an unavoidable lack of suspense.
a powerful story of an ordinary couple who changed history
History is full of accidental heroes who stood at a time and place where something profound happened around them. This theme shines in Loving (2016), a film about a couple whose marriage was challenged in the USA Supreme Court in 1967. In one of the exquisite ironies of history, the couple’s surname was Loving and it was only love that kept them together...
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