- Critical Dissonance: Fared very well with critics, but not so much with audiences.
- Dawson Casting: Late-thirties Rosamund Pike as the mid-20's Ruth.
- Dueling Movies: With Loving (2016), also depicting a notable, history-making interracial marriage.
- Fake Nationality: Brit of Nigerian ancestry David Oyelowo as Botswanan Seretse.
- Follow the Leader: Aside from being the second movie regarding a Real Life, landmark, controversial interracial marriage to be released in recent months (Loving (2016) being the first), this is also the second Real Life period race drama from its director (Belle (2013), being the first).
- Irony as She Is Cast: Lady Lily Canning, who clearly looks down on Ruth and Seretse's interracial marriage, is married to David Oyelowo in Real Life.
- Real-Life Relative: Actress Jessica Oyelowo (who played the snooty Lady Lily Canning) is David Oyelowo's Real Life wife since 1998.
- Reality Subtext: David Oyelowo is married to a white woman in Real Life, as is his character.
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