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Citizen Ruth

  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 46min
NOTE IMDb
7,0/10
9,6 k
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Laura Dern in Citizen Ruth (1996)
Home Video Trailer from Miramax
Lire trailer1:45
1 Video
51 photos
ComédieDrameDrame psychologiqueSatire

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn 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.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.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.

  • Réalisation
    • Alexander Payne
  • Scénario
    • Alexander Payne
    • Jim Taylor
  • Casting principal
    • Laura Dern
    • Swoosie Kurtz
    • Mary Kay Place
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  • NOTE IMDb
    7,0/10
    9,6 k
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Alexander Payne
    • Scénario
      • Alexander Payne
      • Jim Taylor
    • Casting principal
      • Laura Dern
      • Swoosie Kurtz
      • Mary Kay Place
    • 64avis d'utilisateurs
    • 52avis des critiques
    • 63Métascore
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Récompenses
      • 3 victoires et 2 nominations au total

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    Citizen Ruth
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    Rôles principaux62

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    Laura Dern
    Laura Dern
    • Ruth Stoops
    Swoosie Kurtz
    Swoosie Kurtz
    • Diane Siegler
    Mary Kay Place
    Mary Kay Place
    • Gail Stoney
    Kurtwood Smith
    Kurtwood Smith
    • Norm Stoney
    Kelly Preston
    Kelly Preston
    • Rachel
    M.C. Gainey
    M.C. Gainey
    • Harlan
    Kenneth Mars
    Kenneth Mars
    • Dr. Charlie Rollins
    David Graf
    David Graf
    • Judge Richter
    Kathleen Noone
    Kathleen Noone
    • Nurse Pat
    Tippi Hedren
    Tippi Hedren
    • Jessica Weiss
    Burt Reynolds
    Burt Reynolds
    • Blaine Gibbons
    Lance Rome
    • Ricky, Ruth's Lover
    Jim Kalal
    • Tony Stoops
    Shea Degan
    • Arresting Officer
    Vince Morelli
    • Dr. George
    Marilyn Tipp
    Marilyn Tipp
    • Kathleen
    Lois Nemec
    • Sandy
    Tim Vandeberghe
    • Bail Clerk
    • Réalisation
      • Alexander Payne
    • Scénario
      • Alexander Payne
      • Jim Taylor
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    Avis des utilisateurs64

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    9frabjous

    Devastatingly, but hilarious view of Choice vs. Life

    Laura Dern gives what should have been an oscar-winning performance in this satire of the abortion controversy. However this movie is not for the main stream. She plays a homeless drug user and a user period. Not a nice person. She has four kids in three different places. The first scene depicts her trying to hit up her ex for money displaying only a token concern for her kids. But by the end of the movie you kinda like her (well, almost... you still would never let her come to your house). Anyway when she is picked up for the 16th time that year by the cops for sniffing household stuff (anything she can find: glue, paint, brake fluid...), the authorities find out that she is pregnant. The DA charges her with criminal endangerment of the fetus, but hints that if she has an abortion the charge will go away. While in the city jail she meets up with the Baby Savers and a tug-of-war ensues between them and the Right-To-Choose people. The portrayal of both sides is so devastatingly accurate that I doubt either side would know they're being lampooned. This movie rates with Cold Turkey and Drop Dead Gorgeous for its cynical, but hilarious portrait of American Life.
    7SnoopyStyle

    Alexander Payne tackles tricky subject

    Ruth Stoops (Laura Dern) is paint-huffing homeless white trash. She has four kids but doesn't have custody of any of them. She goes to her brother to ask for money and he offers $15. She passes out in public and gets arrested. She's pregnant again. The angry judge overcharges her and she's pressured to get an abortion. In jail, she is befriended by Diane Siegler (Swoosie Kurtz) and her team of religious pro-life protesters. Norm (Kurtwood Smith) and Gail Stoney (Mary Kay Place) bail them out and take Ruth into their home. The Stoneys have two kids, rebellious Cheryl (Alicia Witt) and Matt. They take Ruth to a fake clinic to talk her out of the abortion and make her a media case for their group "The Baby Savers". Ruth struggles with her addition and her aversion for notoriety. Diane is actually a pro-choice spy and helps her get away from the Stoneys. Diane calls in Harlan (M.C. Gainey), her lesbian partner Rachel (Kelly Preston), and other pro-choice activists. Her abortion becomes a national issue, and the two sides bring their national leaders Jessica Weiss (Tippi Hedren) and Blaine Gibbons (Burt Reynolds).

    Alexander Payne tackles this divisive issue with humor. It skewers both side although the pro-lifers get the greater ridicule. The tricky subject matter is tough to get right and the humor is hard to calibrate. I don't think this is funny for everybody. Laura Dern delivers a complicated and endearing character. The level of difficulty is very high and Payne navigates it with great skills.
    visceralgirl

    Harlan, a great, underrated character

    I thought "Citizen Ruth" was fine, biting satire and a movie that had to be made at some point in America's history. Like all good movies, it is not really about the subject at hand - in this case, the abortion issue - but about something deeper and more far reaching. "Citizen Ruth" is about people who get so devoted to a cause they think important to humanity that they forget to consider actual human beings.

    Of course, the unavoidable problem with a movie such as this is that almost all of the characters are unsympathetic. Regardless of what opinion one has on the abortion issue, both factions behave badly and they do it supposedly on behalf of the most irresponsible, irredeemable, unlikable (but still watchable) glue sniffer around, Ruth. The effect can be a little wearing, especially at the end.

    The movie alleviates this problem by including one wonderful character, Harlan, the cynical Gulf War vet. He unceremoniously plunks his prosthetic leg on the kitchen table. He eats shirtless standing over a sink. He sees Ruth as a person, albeit a diminished one, and is willing to give her what she really wants (money) in order to, as he says, level the playing field, even though he knows she will squander it in a matter of days and tells her so. While he is on the prochoice side, he sees the humor in the situation, as evidenced by his wonderful grin and does not seem to lose track of his own humanity. His dialogue is priceless. Where everybody else speaks in rhetoric he cuts to the chase. My favorite retort of his occurs when the sanctimonious Dale, a pro-lifer, spouts out some Biblical condemnation at him and he responds by giving the exact location in the Bible of the quote. Naturally the actor playing the part, M. C. Gainey, deserves much of the credit for creating this appealing character.

    The movie has many other merits but Harlan is my own personal favorite
    up2usdodd

    A Diamond In The Rough

    I was pleasantly surprised by this film. What I thought was going to be a Laura Dern chick flick turned into a really exciting, character driven political commentary in the league of BOYS DON'T CRY. However, where BOYS is extremely dramatic and intense, RUTH is comic and satirical. No matter which side of the abortion debate you find yourself on, you'll recognize this rogues gallery of overly self-righteous fools and freaks that crowd our existence as well as Ruth's. Where another reviewer here finds the story predictable, I don't see how anyone could guess the end of this feature. Not that it's some clever, ingenious twist like the end of the SIXTH SENSE. It's merely not the way most movies end, and although slightly a fluffy ending, it's definitely unpredictable. If you enjoyed BOYS, see RUTH as part of a weekend double feature.
    7=G=

    A fun satirization of the life-choice controversy

    The title character of "Citizen Ruth" (Dern), an indigent and pregnant fume-head with a potty mouth and bad attitude, finds herself the unwitting cause of a clash of pro-choice and pro-abortion activists in this bitingly satirical look at the abortion issue in America. Dern makes an excellent centerpiece for this award winning comedy which mocks both sides of the life/choice controversy with a vanguard of comic stereotypes. "CR" should be an enjoyable and fun watch for those mature enough for strong language and not so brittle as to personalize the issues involved.

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    • Anecdotes
      Lance Rome who played Ruth's lover, was not a professional actor and was picked up out of a bar by the director to act in the film.
    • Gaffes
      When Ruth is going out to party with her host family's daughter, she takes a hit from a bong, but does so incorrectly, not clearing the smoke from the chamber.
    • Citations

      Ruth: Suck the shit out of my ass, you fucker!

    • Crédits fous
      About halfway through the credits, we hear the beginning of Tape 2, Side 1.
    • Connexions
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Mars Attacks!/Marvin's Room/The Preacher's Wife/Hamlet/Citizen Ruth (1996)
    • Bandes originales
      All the Way
      Written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen

      Performed by Bobby Caldwell

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    • How long is Citizen Ruth?Alimenté par Alexa

    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 13 décembre 1996 (États-Unis)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Sites officiels
      • Miramax
      • Official site
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Meet Ruth Stoops
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Omaha, Nebraska, États-Unis
    • Sociétés de production
      • Miramax
      • Independent Pictures (II)
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    • Budget
      • 3 000 000 $US (estimé)
    • Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 285 112 $US
    • Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 26 709 $US
      • 15 déc. 1996
    • Montant brut mondial
      • 285 112 $US
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    Spécifications techniques

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    • Durée
      • 1h 46min(106 min)
    • Couleur
      • Color
    • Mixage
      • Dolby Digital
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.85 : 1

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