▁— ▁re he ars al ▁of ▁the ▁facts ▁of ▁the ▁Lov ings ' ▁case , ▁[ N ich ols ] ▁makes ▁the ▁counter int uit ive ▁decision ▁to ▁allow ▁them ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁camera .", ▁with ▁Horn ad ay ▁continu ing ▁by ▁pra ising ▁him ▁as ▁" to o ▁ast ute ▁a ▁film maker ▁to ▁be ▁una ware ▁of ▁the ▁analog ies ▁" L oving " ▁inv ites ▁regarding ▁marriage ▁equality , ▁but ▁he ▁wis ely ▁leaves ▁ag end as ▁and ▁po lem ics ▁behind ." ▁Steph anie ▁Zach are k ▁of ▁Time ▁called ▁it ▁" be aut iful ly ▁rest rained " ▁and ▁wrote , ▁" N ich ols ▁... ▁tells ▁the ▁Lov ings ' ▁story ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁that ▁feels ▁immediate ▁and ▁modern , ▁and ▁not ▁just ▁like ▁a ▁history ▁less on ." ▁Kate ▁Taylor ▁of ▁The ▁Glo be ▁and ▁Mail ▁spoke ▁most ▁highly ▁of ▁Ed g erton ▁and ▁Neg ga , ▁with ▁Taylor ▁stating , ▁" N eg ga ▁and ▁Ed g erton ▁make ▁these ▁noble ▁people ▁three - dimensional , ▁turning ▁a ▁do cile , ▁un amb it ious ▁couple ▁with ▁neither ▁the ▁self - know ledge ▁nor ▁the ▁words ▁to ▁launch ▁a ▁social ▁revolution ▁into ▁unlikely ▁protagon ists ▁in ▁the ▁civil - right s ▁movement ." ▁ ▁Richard ▁Law son ▁of ▁Van ity ▁Fair ▁felt ▁that ▁" Ed g erton ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁dynamic ▁movie ▁actors ▁of ▁his ▁generation , ▁and ▁brings ▁true ▁commit ment ▁to ▁his ▁z ipped - up , ▁la