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  • 2012
  • R
  • Participant
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Participant
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Middle of Nowhere follows Ruby, a bright medical student who sets aside her dreams and suspends her career when her husband is incarcerated. As the committed couple stares into the hollow end of an eight-year prison sentence, Ruby must learn to live another life, one marked by shame and separation. But through a chance encounter and a st...

Directed By: Ava DuVernay

Written By: Ava DuVernay

  • 2012
  • R
  • Participant
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Participant
  • 1 h 41 m

Middle of Nowhere

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary Middle of Nowhere follows Ruby, a bright medical student who sets aside her dreams and suspends her career when her husband is incarcerated. As the committed couple stares into the hollow end of an eight-year prison sentence, Ruby must learn to live another life, one marked by shame and separation. But through a chance encounter and a st...

Directed By: Ava DuVernay

Written By: Ava DuVernay

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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100
Oct 11, 2012
This is an elegant, powerfully emotional and courageous film, worth seeing entirely on its own artistic terms, and also for what it conveys about the complexity of African-American life and the resurgence of African-American cultural expression.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
90
Oct 11, 2012
So though it echoes the films of Charles Burnett, the plays of August Wilson and "A Raisin in the Sun," at its heart Middle of Nowhere is old-school, character-driven narrative at its most quietly effective.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

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80
Oct 9, 2012
This is humanistic drama done right.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 18, 2012
Nothing is easily resolved in this complex drama, which makes it all the more honestly moving. More than anything, this is a film about a woman on a journey of self-discovery, finding her way gingerly.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 12, 2015
The greatest achievement of Middle Of Nowhere is that DuVernay and Corinealdi make Ruby’s big decision believable, by showing how it’s really just been a series of smaller choices.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 11, 2012
At heart, Middle of Nowhere offers material we've seen many times before. But between her perceptive direction and Corinealdi's layered performance, this modest, micro-budgeted story has been beautifully packaged.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 29, 2012
Solidly acted but aloof and slow as molasses.
By Rob Nelson FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Forward Movement, Kandoo Films
Release Date Oct 12, 2012
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Love can lead us where we least expect.
Website https://www.facebook.com/MiddleofNowhereMovie
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Awards

Black Reel Awards
• 2 Wins & 9 Nominations
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

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