Citizen Ruth

Citizen Ruth

1996 · 104 min · EN · R · 6.6 (117 votes)
Dir. Alexander Payne · Starring Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place, Kelly Preston, M.C. Gainey · Music Rolfe Kent

Life, liberty, money and the pursuit of happiness. She's gotta have it.

DramaComedy

"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.

VIBE

This film feels like a darkly funny, chaotic circus where a woman becomes a pawn in a media frenzy. It's an uncomfortable, satirical ride that exposes the absurdity of extreme ideologies and the people caught in their crosshairs.

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