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Excellent, Without a doubt!!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

This movie might be a bit too authentic for some viewers, judging from some reviews criticizing it as slow and/or boring. For the time and place the setting and characters seem very realistic, although may seem dull when viewing from 2018. Dialogue was simple and plain with no speeches or quotables, and the acting was painfully believable. The story played out slowly without any extremes in action. I found it fascinating and compelling because of the pace and realism. The true story is an historic and remarkable victory for civil rights, without embellishment. A goof: Mrs. Loving set her table with Corelle dinnerware in 1967, although Corelle wasn't introduced until 1970.

Based on a true story: In rural Virginia in 1958, Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga) are an inter-racial couple who live in a state where inter-racial marriages are illegal. They live through personal struggles while eventually getting legal help for their plight.Director Jeff Nichols has created a fine film in that every scene has a certain edge - not just those including nasty law enforcers but even the day-to-day activities of the couple and their respective families. He is greatly assisted by Edgerton and Negga who not only give strong individual performances but they also share a great chemistry together. They are the essence of the film. Edgerton shows a quiet desperation in his face as he quietly goes about his business. Negga displays a dignity in her shyness and even shows a comical impishness in her enjoyment of media attention in the second half. Another fascination is that the two main players of this film are both introverts who are fully able to draw in the viewer - a rarity in a medium that is usually more fascinated with extroverts."Loving" is a fine film overall though it has more edge in its first half. The second half is easily comparable to other recent films ("Selma", "The Butler") involving U.S. civil rights battles in the 1960s. As the bar continues to get higher in this genre, it gets more difficult to surpass it. But "Loving" certainly meets it.In the second half, there are occasional references to "the right to marriage" without being specific. It makes one wonder if the phrase is referring to another civil rights battle on marriage that would take place a half-century later.

"Loving" (2016) depicts the true events of the 1960's interracial marriage problem, a story told from the perspective of the couple that decided to bend the laws of the state of Virginia and try to form a family under the name and emotion of "Loving". The couple, formed of a white male and a skin colored female, underwent time in jail and racial discrimination, until a sentence from the local jury was settled. That is, to leave the state that they grew up in, their home, for 25 years. Interracial marriage being seen in the society of that time as being a shameful act towards the families of the couple and disrespectful towards society was a punishable offence. The "Loving" family later will have the chance to retaliate in their fight for human rights along with the coincidental movement of Martin Luther King. The "Loving" marriage case will later receive national attention and it will go down in history as the case with the potential to change the constitution of the USA. ... phew, done with the story synopsis."Loving" is an expertly made film, that captured both the humanity of the characters and the strangled struggle that they (the couple) goes trough for the freedom of self-expression, within a grounded and realistic lens. Heartwarming, subtle and simple are the key ingredients that were mixed together in order for this film to have impact. It is slow-paced as one might expect from one such genre, but it strikes true by making you care about the characters. Let's talk about Richard Loving/Joel Edgerton, one pf the two main characters of this piece, who accompanied by Mildred Loving/ Ruth Negga form a duo that just works. They have affectionate responses towards each other and, when alone in a scene, shine with brilliancy. They manage to show a intimate connection that is appreciated but sadly appears in no more than 5 scenes.Easily, the pest part of the movie has to be the beginning, the first 30 seconds or so ( and oh so beautifully constructed) that are taken to introduce first Character, the problem or motive (let's call it link), and Character. This is a great set up for the 1 h 59 min left that explore their lives, situation and love.Usually the context in which characters are placed affect their personality, in the case of the Loving family this is very prominent. Pity hits you like a truck when Richard cares so much for his wife, wants to protect her but can do nothing simply because he knows how to build houses, not defense cases. These characters are cast away from their micro-universe (the small village that to them means the world) and thrown into an unknown world. A world in which their family has a hard time evolving. They are made to choose between a rock and a hard place. Either their love is revoked or their integrity as a family is compromised in the city. Thus we have them choosing neither and deciding to fight against an unfair system.All in all, this is a strong piece of art in a genre that is plagued by repetitiveness. Loving manages to stand clear of the boring parts and delivers a cry for humanity that everyone can answer and relate to one way or another. These people were less wrong than the rest in a stereotypical 1960s world. Probably i have yet to learn to love Loving in order to appreciate it at its fullest , this is hy I refrain from giving a rating but i can safely say that this film takes its time to reach your heart, but only so.

The movie was painfully slow, the acting was bad, had lots of silent scenes, and when they decided to speak, the emotions were strange. Like the scene when Mildred was on the phone with Bernie Cohen, or the first time Bernie Cohen brought up the Supreme Court to Richard and Mildred. I liked the story line; I finished the movie because I wanted to know how it ended. The scenery was pretty. I can't say I'd recommend watching it though.