Citizen Ruth
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- Starring: Kurtwood Smith, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Swoosie Kurtz
- Summary: A hilarious, provocative look at what happens when a sperm meets an egg and sparks fly. (Miramax)
- Director: Alexander Payne
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
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Positive: 11 out of 18
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100Dern is nothing short of brilliant here.
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80A deft, three-dimensional performance from Dern, playing an almost entirely unlikable character, aids incalculably in exposing what happens when political factions lose touch with the realities of the issues for which they claim to provide answers.
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60Citizen Ruth takes such pains not to take sides that it doesn't have any fun. Each faction gets the same amount of screen time, yells at the same volume, is equally unpleasant.
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30The film degenerates into an overly simplistic satire -- with moon-worshiping, Guatemala-visiting, lesbian aborters on one side, and fetally obsessive, meat-eating, gun-toting Jesus worshipers on the other.
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