Loving

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Nui W @RT92853260 10/26/2024 I watched it after watching the original Loving movie, both are equally great 🤩✨ See more Eye C @ECinc 07/29/2024 A hard to watch movie, is so frustrating to watch people harrasing other people just because the color of their skin. Kudos to Joel Egerton, what a performance, this guy is a chameleon truthfully. See more Alec B @Alec97 01/03/2024 Edgerton's and Negga's performances and to a larger extent Nichols' direction all seem to be playing against the clichés of the Hollywood "Prestige Drama", opting instead for subtle character moments. It works as a fitting tribute to the real Richard and Mildred Loving. See more M.A. L @RT55358757 08/27/2023 Having had a case argued before the Supreme Court myself (Lebron v Amtrak), I do wish that the film included more of the argument language before and among the Justices. It would have provided counterpoints that would have made the story even more poignant, touching, … and most importantly, thrilling by making more explicit how the simple story of this couple had such enormous consequences. That said, a moving film with two amazing performances with relevance today that should not be missed. See more Nim T @nimtse 06/24/2023 A great film that served its intention with presenting us the story behind the influence in the Supreme Court case Loving vs. Virginia. I liked the chemistry between Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga because the acting was pure, natural, and heartaching as we experience the turmoil they had to endured under unfair laws. There was essence of family elements that had been put out strongly and also the difficulties in those that the characters would not know. The film is outstanding and filled with power that can bring the audience to discussion of why that is. See more Taylor L @RT77267842 01/08/2023 The Lovings have never been trumpeted as the champions of the Civil Rights Movement in the way that outspoken marchers like the Rev. Dr. King or Malcolm X were, partly because they seem to have been just as this film depicts them - a relatively conventional, happily married couple at the wrong end of an unfair law. Respecting that, the film doesn't have a lot of dramatic gestures of wanton love like some sort of Jim Crow Romeo and Juliet, but is more of a slow burn demonstrating how the couple relied on one another with little ambition for a larger social change from the get-go. It's a competent adaptation of the story with good performances, and mercifully no major departures for tons of token racially-motivated intimidation (burning crosses in the yard and the like). The script can't resist a few low-hanging lines, like "tell the Supreme Court I love my wife", or cutaways to Nick Kroll and Jon Bass, the ACLU lawyers who put everything into more animated context so the main characters can keep their muted personas going strong. Keeping the actual reality in mind, Loving pays decent tribute to the reality of its subject and thankfully doesn't try to excessively dramatize their story for clout, but the slow pace and relatively small scale might hold it back from recognition in the cohort of romantic-struggle films. Surprised by how minor Michael Shannon's role was in this. (3/5) See more Read all reviews

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