Interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving fell in love and were married in 1958, only to be jailed and then banished. It took them nine years fighting for the right to live as a family in their hometown.
15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
28 August 1981, Richmond, Virginia, USA
28 November 1988, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
4 November 1982, Mt. Vernon, New York, USA
7 August 1974, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
5 June 1978, New York City, New York, USA
23 September 1952, Pinckneyville, Illinois, USA
April 11, 2017
Nichols creates a beautifully dignified portrait of people whose ethics and good nature speak more volumes than any kind of extrapolation.
November 17, 2016
A beautiful film about daring to love, without fear or compromise.
November 17, 2016
It shows how far America has come in its views of race and equality - and how far is left to go.
February 03, 2017
What is radical about Nichols's film is the extent to which he focuses not on the legal fight and ensuing national attention but on the Lovings themselves.
November 17, 2016
Watch how Edgerton's Joel, a stoic man of few words, puts an arm around Mildred without seeming to think about it, naturally wanting her near; watch how Negga lets her performance speak through her expressive eyes, always looking for Richard.
March 22, 2017
This could be the synopsis of a mediocre "inspirational" telemovie, but Nichols is a very deliberate artist, and Loving is as carefully made as anything he has done.
March 22, 2017
It's a touching and honest film.
March 23, 2017
Loving offers much to draw from, but the greatest image we take with us is the same one on the poster: two lovers holding on, unwilling to let go.
March 31, 2017
If you observe the gestures and the glances between Negga and Edgerton, you catch a tenderness and a deep understanding that's very moving.
March 22, 2017
[This is] all about Joel (who somehow even looks American here) and Negga, both of whom were obviously deeply committed to the material and deliver excellent performances.
November 18, 2016
Nichols is one of today's finest rural storytellers, and he never wavers in his approach, going small where others would go grandiose. "Loving" is an exercise in restraint befitting the quiet couple at its center.
November 15, 2016
A resplendent and remarkably subtle, yet deeply affecting, drama about the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that invalidated state laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
