Jeff Nichols latest film opens with a young couple sitting on a porch at dusk.
The woman nervously whispers that shes pregnant, unsure how her lover will react.
To her relief, it comes as good news.
Credit: Ben Rothstein
Weve seen hushed, life-altering moments like this on screen a hundred times before.
Their troubles are just beginning.
But Nichols (the whiz behindTake ShelterandMidnight Special) never gets beneath the surface of the Lovings relationship.
What was their first date like?
What drew them to each other?
They exist more as symbols than three-dimensional characters.
Their story is undeniably powerful, but their inner lives are a bit of a mystery.B
