"Loving" the film is about Loving the family. The title is ironic. The Lovings were arrested for getting married.

"Loving" is based on the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple arrested because their marriage was illegal in Virginia. Their fight for justice became a legal battle that went all the way to the United States Supreme Court.The Lovings were vindicated. Richard and Mildred Loving were plaintiffs in the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case, Loving v. Virginia, that struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriage.Director Jeff Nichols (director, "Mud," 2012), who also wrote the screenplay, makes the case at a deliberate pace as he lays the groundwork. Richard Loving was a hardworking, poor white construction worker who lived in Caroline County, Virginia, where he fell in love with an African-American woman, Mildred Jeter.The year is 1958. Virginia has anti-miscegenation laws prohibiting interracial marriages. The couple drives to Washington, D.C., to get married by a judge.Joel Edgerton ("Midnight Special," 2016) provides one of the most seamless and believable performances of 2016 in the role of Richard Loving. Edgerton gets the accent down so well he's often difficult to understand. His body language is emotionally frozen. His face is impassive. He deserves a lead actor Oscar nomination.Ruth Negga (TV series, "Preacher," 2016-17), "Agents of

S.H.I.E.L.D," 2013-15) also disappears into her role as Mildred Jeter Loving. She deserves an Oscar lead actress nomination.Director of photography Adam Stone keeps the camera in tight, unobtrusive and lingering. The production design and costumes re-create the mid-1950s to mid-1960s.The music by David Wingo emphasizes the growing drama of the couple's lives and litigation. The soundtrack has songs from the era (for example: "Your Precious Love" by Jerry Butler)."Loving" is an amazing, emotionally moving, important film from a time when loving wasn't enough for the laws of the land.Credit Readers Anonymous:"Loving" is based on the documentary, "The Loving Story" (2011) by Nancy Buirski."Loving,"MPAA rated PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some Material May Be Inappropriate For Children Under 13.) for thematic elements; Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance; Run time: 2 hrs., 3 mins.; Distributed by Focus Features.Box Office,Dec. 9: "Moana" continued at No. 1 for a third week in a row, with $18.8 million, $145 million, three weeks, keeping "Office Christmas Party" opening at No. 2 with $17.5 million. 3. "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," $10.7 million, $199.3 million, four weeks; 4. "Arrival," $5.6 million, $81.4 million, five weeks; 5. "Doctor Strange," $4.6 million, $222.3 million, six weeks; 6. "Allied," $4 million, $35.6 million, three weeks; 7. "Nocturnal Animals," $3.1 million, $6.2 million, four weeks; 8. "Manchester by the Sea," $3.2 million, $8.3 million, four weeks; 9. "Trolls," $3.1 million, $145.4 million, six weeks; 10. "Hacksaw Ridge," $2.3 million, $60.8 million, six weeks; 16. "Loving," $623,380, $6.5 million, six weeks.Unreel,Dec. 16:"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,"PG-13: Gareth Edwards directs Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk and Ben Mendelsohn in the science-fiction adventure film prequel about the rebellion's attempt to steal plans for the Death Star."The Space Between Us,"PG-13: Peter Chelsom directs Carla Gugino, Janet Montgomery, Britt Robertson and Asa Butterfield in the science-fiction adventure film about the first human born on the planet Mars who travels to earth for the first time."Collateral Beauty,"PG-13: David Frankel directs Will Smith, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet and Edward Norton in the drama about a man who, questioning his existence, writes to Love, Time and Death, and receives unexpected answers."A Kind of Murder,"R: Andy Goddard directs Haley Bennett, Jessica Biel, Vincent Kartheiser and Patrick Wilson in the crime-thriller set in the 1960s about an architect whose obsession with an unsolved murder takes unexpected twists and turns."Solace,"R: Afonso Poyart directs Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish and Colin Farrell in the crime-thriller about a psychic who helps the FBI track down a serial killer.Four out of five popcorn boxes.