Citizen Ruth

    Genre
    Comedy, Drama
  • |
  • Runtime
    106 mins
  • |
  • Rated
    R
  • |
  • Release Date
    1996
  • |
  • Countries
    USA
  • |
  • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Alexander Payne
WRITTEN BY:
Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
CAST INCLUDES:
Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Mary Kay Place, Kurtwood Smith, Kelly Preston

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Laura Dern (JURASSIC PARK, WILD, MARRIAGE STORY) stars in CITIZEN RUTH as Ruth – a woman struggling with her own drug problems when she learns that she is pregnant, thus entering a tragically relevant struggle between the pros and cons of getting an abortion or becoming a mother. This 1996 Sundance Film Festival nominee is directed by Alexander Payne (NEBRASKA, THE DESCENDANTS, ELECTION), and is sure to win your heart.

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…

Citizen Ruth

    Genre
    Comedy, Drama
  • |
  • Runtime
    106 mins
  • |
  • Rated
    R
  • |
  • Release Date
    1996
  • |
  • Countries
    USA
  • |
  • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Alexander Payne
WRITTEN BY
Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
CAST INCLUDES
Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Mary Kay Place, Kurtwood Smith, Kelly Preston
Laura Dern (JURASSIC PARK, WILD, MARRIAGE STORY) stars in CITIZEN RUTH as Ruth – a woman struggling with her own drug problems when she learns that she is pregnant, thus entering a tragically relevant struggle between the pros and cons of getting an abortion or becoming a mother. This 1996 Sundance Film Festival nominee is directed by Alexander Payne (NEBRASKA, THE DESCENDANTS, ELECTION), and is sure to win your heart.

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…