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Aug 5, 2019 · The judge decides to charge Ruth with a felony of endangering the life of a fetus through drug abuse and will only reduce her sentence if she agrees to an abortion. While in jail, she meets some members of a Christian pro-life group called “Baby Savers”.
Citizen Ruth is a 1996 American satirical black comedy film directed by Alexander Payne, in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kelly Preston, Burt Reynolds, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place, Kenneth Mars, and Tippi Hedren.
Dec 2, 2021 · Citizen Ruth is about a paint-huffing vagrant who has been arrested 16 times and given birth to four children, all of whom were seized by the state. She possesses a reckless distaste for adult...
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Alexander Payne, who is probably better-known for his later efforts such as Election and About Schmidt, made a mark on American society some seven years ago with a little-known movie entitled Citizen Ruth. In it, like in his other movies, he chose a topic that was somewhat taboo with the American viewing public. That topic? Abortion. Why not go, if...
While the source elements appear to be in fairly good shape, there are some scenes that left a lot to the imagination. I did notice that some scenes had a very clean look. While the majority of the film has a very muted color palette, most movies do to convey the message, some scenes looked very bright and clear. Unfortunately those scenes are very...
The remastered 5.1 soundtrack serves it’s purpose. The channel seperation is clean and clear and there are even a few surround effects here and there. For the most part, it’s a dialogue-driven movie that leaves little distortion in the center channel. A lot of movies made during this time period have the tendancy to sound a bit “muffled” or have th...
Sadly, only a theatrical trailer and a rather dull commentary track are included here. Payne, fresh off his success of About Schmidtseems a bit taken with himself; but for those die-hard fans out there this is the best we might see for this movie.
Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth does so boldly and comes out with some thought provoking messages about the dangers of zealotry. Laura Dern, in a very edgy performance, plays Ruth Stoops, a glue-sniffing pregnant drifter who has already given up her four children to her brother.
Laura Dern portrays Ruth Stoops, an irresponsible, unemployed woman who's addicted to inhaling household chemicals and has becomes pregnant, for the fifth time. After she is arrested for substance abuse, the judge offers to lessen her sentence if Ruth chooses to abort her child.
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Dec 13, 1996 · "Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.
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