The script could use a bit more dialogue in order to allow the audience to know the characters better. Still, the emotional bond is communicated well.

The film shines a light on how far the U.S. has come in its views of equality, but also how far it has still to go. A true story that is still very relevant, Loving is understated, compelling and deeply affecting.

Aided by awards-worthy performances from Joel Edgerton and especially Ruth Negga, Nichols delivers an intimate drama that feels all the bigger for keeping its scope so resolutely small.

Loving is a quiet film that eschews histrionics and pomposity and if it never quite unshackles itself from the sentimental trajectory of the uplifting Hollywood biography, it does a damn good job trying.