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A Price Above Rubies (1998)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:15
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6/10
Synopsis: Free spirit Sonia longs to escape the restrictions of the community into which she was born--the tiny, hermetic cultural circle of the Brooklyn Hasidim--and rebels against her erudite but... [More]
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Allen Payne
Director: Boaz Yakin
Reviews for A Price Above Rubies
Top CriticYakin dares to not only enter that neighborhood, but to find beauty and sadness in it, rather than something alien or foreign.
05/26/06
Writer and director Boaz Yakin has fashioned a beguiling drama about the deep yearning we all have to express our heart's desire. The film's title is from Proverbs 31:10.
03/02/02
Just about everything in writer-director Boaz Yakin's film rings false.
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Yakin cleverly introduces elements of magic realism in an otherwise starkly real, modern allegory.
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Yakin's argument is presented with such blind rage and fury that his little film goes from sensitive and perceptive to sensational and scandal-mongering very quickly
07/26/09
With its coldly antiseptic tone, the movie seems more interested in preaching awkwardly to the audience that inviting it in.
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Renee Zellweger, previously best known as the sweet mom from 'Jerry Maguire,' delivers a quietly stunning performance in the lead.
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A Price Above Rubies would have more impact if filmmaker Boaz Yakin didn't allow its energy level to sag in several scenes, and if he avoided some lapses into Hollywood-style sensationalism.
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