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A. O. Scott looks back at Alexander Payne's 1996 film with Laura Dern as a pregnant glue-sniffer who becomes a pawn in the abortion.Subscribe to the Times Vi...
In this satirical look at a controversial issue, unfit mother of four Ruth Stoops discovers while in jail that she's pregnant again. The judge charges her with endangering the fetus, but tells her he'll reduce the charges if she has an abortion. When word of this gets out, Ruth's caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between anti-abortion and ...
"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.
Ruth, una chica sorprendente es una película dirigida por Alexander Payne con Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place .... Año: 1996. Título original: Citizen Ruth. Sinopsis: Ruth Stoops (Laura Dern) es una drogadicta vagabunda cuya existencia no parece importarle a nadie. Pero, de repente, una situación inesperada ...
Citizen Ruth. Estados Unidos, 1996. Dirección: Alexander Payne. Con Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place. Duración: 102 minutos. Ruth está embarazada, coquetea con la idea del aborto, y dos bandos opuestos ( pro-life y pro-choice) la utilizan como bandera de sus respectivas causas. Muy pronto se entiende que a ninguno de ...
In this daringly outrageous satire, Laura Dern delivers a sensational performance as an irresponsible, carefree drug addict pregnant for the fifth time, much to the dismay of everyone around her. But everybody across the political spectrum has an opinion about what she should do with her life.
Ruth Stoops (Laura Dern) es una drogadicta vagabunda cuya existencia no parece importarle a nadie. Pero, de repente, una situación inesperada, relativa a su embarazo y a la decisión de un juez, la convierte en la mujer más querida por los activistas y políticos, tanto por los liberales como por los conservadores.
