Unsolicited Movie Review - LOVING

Unsolicited Movie Review - Loving

With the Oscars coming up I go through a ritual to try and see all the nominated films for Best Picture. By accident I was under the impression that LOVING was nominated for Best Picture. It was not. Although Ruth Negga did receive a nod, well deserved mind you, for Best Actress. However since it isn't nominated for Best Picture I figured I would go ahead and share my review.

This movie is beautiful.

This movie is important.

This movie is well written.

This movie is delicately acted.

This movie is boring as dirt.

Good Lord could somebody have a seminar with the director about pace?

I wouldn't say it is a bad movie. The script and quality of acting are both top-notch. The talent it takes, especially by the two leads, to portray characters with personalities resembling cardboard is impressive. There is meaning and there is value to this film. Let me put it this way. Nobody ever complained that it wasn't longer.

The tag line of this film was “A Landmark Movie”, apparently playing off the landmark Supreme Court decision that it focused on.

The tag line for it should have been “Even boring people can change the world!”