Review of Loving (2016) by Dirigiblepulp — 27 Feb 2017
A film whose emphasis on understated, everyday love is both its highest achievement and its own undoing. The film wants us to understand, at the extent of legal battles, racial tension and civil rights, just how normal and common the Loving's love was. This is both admirable and problematic.
Their love is too common and taken for granted to amount to much more on screen, and the legal battle so short-handed it's hard to engage with it beyond the future knowledge of its importance. I want to commend this film with a pat on the back, and rough enough that it might jolt it into some kind of fiery energy all its own.
This review of Loving (2016) was written by Dirigiblepulp on 27 Feb 2017.
Loving has generally received positive reviews.
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