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by thevoid99  - Top 100, Apr 08 '05
Pros: Payne's Direction, Script, Score, Locations, & Cast led by Laura Dern.
Cons: Some Who are Serious about Abortion Won't Like This Film, & a Topless Burt Reynolds.
In this age of political turmoil, it is clear that whenever there's a political issue going around. It's always the person in the middle that becomes the real victim. Most recently, Americans were divided over the issue of euthanasia concerning Terri ...
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by panguitch - Top 1000, Aug 13 '03
Pros: Hilarious. Much needed.
Cons: Cons: none. Cautions: strong language and adult themes.
Everybody knows the main character has to be sympathetic, right? If you can’t sympathize with the m ...
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by skbreese  in Movies, - Top 500, Sep 20 '01
Pros: Fine performances by lead and supporting actors, interesting study in extremist behavior
Cons: The self-destructive behavior of the main character is difficult to watch
The opening scenes of Citizen Ruth reveal, in stark reality, the nightmarish life of people like Ruth Stoops. Ruth is a hapless addict who is caught in a cycle of self-destructive behaviors that have resulted in multiple arrests, illegitimate children,...
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by serc - Top 500, Sep 09 '00
Pros: hilariously skewers both sides of the abortion debate
Cons: ending an anticlimax
In honor of the upcoming election, I will be (hopefully) viewing and reviewing one movie with a political theme each week until Election Day. This week I chose Citizen Ruth, a movie that satirizes everyone's favorite wedge issue, abortion.
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by updateghost - Top 1000, Jun 11 '08
Pros: Laura Dern, direction, set design, script.
Cons: A few half-sentimental moments.
One of the greatest risks in making satire is the characters: Often, they must be devoid of any likable aspects. Works of satire often face criticisms for not telling the "happy side" of the story, but the happy side is not the focus. Satire is about ...
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by wychic , Mar 09 '08
Pros: interesting concept, great acting
Cons: didn't really catch my attention
The debate goes on…pro-life or pro-choice? Is there truly an answer to this nagging question that takes precedence in countless debates, political elections and church meetings? In this movie you will meet two groups of people, each absolutely certain ...
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by MK2K , Jul 14 '99
Pros: Funny, satiric to the bone, and intelligent.
Cons: Ungodly offensive.
Citizen Ruth
Directed by Alexander Payne
Written by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Starring Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Mary Kay Place, Kurtwood Smith, Kelly Preston, M.C. Gainey, Alicia Witt, and Burt Reynolds
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by SusanGranger - Top 1000, Jun 01 '00
Pros: Provocative topic, inspired performance by Laura Dern
Cons: May be offensive to those with firm beliefs about abortion
Laura Dern scorches the screen in "Citizen Ruth" as Ruth Stoops, a tough, glue-sniffing drug addict who has just discovered that she's pregnant for the fifth time. Facing jail, she's advised by an exasperated judge to have an...
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by aberro , Oct 28 '99
Pros: Original writing, good acting, "off-beat"
Cons: very few
Ruth Stoops (Laura Dern) made me sick ... and illustrated a good point about society. We say we care, but it isn't really about others. Its about abstract concepts and far away ideas. In our attempt to win the big war we forget to see the soldiers and...
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by pboy - Top 1000, Oct 30 '99
Pros: none
Cons: the movie was not funny enough to be a comedy and not serious enough to be a drama
I must have passed this movie by a hundred times in the local video store. I was compelled to rent it, but something told me I would be disappointed. I'm sorry to say that curiosity got the better of me... I broke down and rented the movie.
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by michelle_d , Jan 23 '00
Pros: funny, interesting, great cast
Cons: deals with a subject that is touchy with most
Citizen Ruth is the story of a woman, Ruth Stoops, who is a junkie and is constantly in trouble with the law. She has a problem with huffing spray paint and has two children who live with her brother. After being picked up for the umpteenth time and...
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