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- The film is about an insolvent junkie who gets pregnant (again!) from a one night stand. Since Ruth has had four other children removed from her custody, she faces a lengthy prison sentence if she conceives another baby. While in jail for being wasted in public from huffing spray paint fumes, Ruth meets a group of pro-life protesters.
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Ruth conceals the miscarriage from Diane and Rachel, and agrees to travel to the abortion clinic with them; the three are escorted via helicopter with renowned abortion-rights activist Jessica Weiss, who saw Ruth's story in the media and felt compelled to help her.
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...
A 1996 dramedy directed by Alexander Payne under Miramax, starring Laura Dern in the title role. The film is about an insolvent junkie who gets pregnant (again!) from a one night stand.
A televangelist (Burt Reynolds), who is the leader of Baby Savers, arrives and an offer of $15,000 is made to Ruth to have the baby. With great satirical elan, Citizen Ruth shows how both sides violate this woman's soul in various attempts to get their position across to the American public.
Dec 13, 1996 · Anyone who thinks the battle over abortion rights is no laughing matter should enjoy being proved wrong by ''Citizen Ruth,'' a hilariously brazen comedy whose heroine is an improbable hoot.
- Alexander Payne
"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.
Citizen Ruth: Directed by Alexander Payne. With Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place. An irresponsible, drug-addicted, recently impregnated woman finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate when both parties attempt to sway her to their respective sides.
