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Dominican Rep. Citizen Ruth
- Original title
- Citizen Ruth
- Year
- 1996
- Running time
- 102 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Laura Dern
Swoosie Kurtz
Kurtwood Smith
Mary Kay Place
Kelly Preston
M.C. Gainey
Kenneth Mars
Tippi Hedren
Burt Reynolds- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy | Satire. Independent Film (US)
- Synopsis
- Ruth Stoops is a poor indigent drug-user (a huffer - inhaling glue and paint for a high) whose down and out existence is complicated once more by becoming pregnant (she has had and lost four children already). When a judge orders that she gets an abortion or face a felony charge, she is befriended by Gail Stoney, a pro-lifer whose husband is president of the local "Babysavers" group. Suddenly Ruth is thrust into the middle of the pro-choice/pro-life struggle, with each side wanting her to take their side as a "message" to others - and the situation escalates.
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- Awards
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1996: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize1996: Montréal World Film Festival: Best Actress (Laura Dern)1999: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: New Generation Award
- Critics' reviews
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"Is it really possible to make a comedy about abortion? Alexander Payne, who cowrote and directed this mischievous bit of sociological screwball, has brought it off."
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"Brave, funny and thoroughly irreverent."
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"A satire with the reckless courage to take on both sides in the abortion debate."
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"Payne cops out, and the result is off-putting, despite a sparkling cast headed by a fearless Laura Dern in the title role."
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"Has its share of bitingly funny moments, and some of the comedy is quite inventive."
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"An equitably rude comedy about abortion, brazen by definition but also fairly droll. It's probably too schematic to reward more than a single viewing"
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