A Price Above Rubies
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Actor: Allen Payne, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Julianna Margulies, Renée ZellwegerBrand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-01-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of A Price Above Rubies
Movie Review: wonderful for its performances and subject matter
Summary: 5 Stars
This brings to mind "My Name is Asher Leve". If you like Chaim Potok's books, you will like a Price Above Rubies, for it has some of the same elements in this tale of a person who doesn't quite fit in the society in which they were born. There is also the mystical elements that remind one of "The Book of Lights." This movie is a good dramatization of the break that sometimes happens between the individual and society.
As for performances, Zellweiger is wonderful as Sonya. Julianna M. ditto as the conservative and fiercely protective Rachel. I went through the movie frustrated by the characterization of the husband, particularly when he refuses to listen or deal with Sonya. But then at the end, when he is so innocently looking at all the religious relics in Ramon's house, and then tells Sonya to come and visit their son, you can see the goodness in him and that he is well deserving of the tzaddik name. Likewise the Rabbi and his wife were also good and accepting people. It is only a few individuals who can't look beyond personal interests who were bad, not the religion or community as a whole. The brother is well played as an interesting and complex villian.
While I'm sure this was no favorite in the Orthodox community, it isn't Orthodoxy that is at fault -- indeed, Orthodoxy is redeemed by Mendel's behavior at the end, when he accepts her for what she is and they part respectfully and by the council of the Rebbe and his wife. It is simply that Sonya was searching for something that she could not find in her own community.
Definitely watch this movie if you are interested in such themes. You will find it worth the time.
Summary of A Price Above Rubies
This widely acclaimed motion picture features outstanding performances from Renee Zellweger (JERRY MAGUIRE, BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY) and Julianna Margulies (TV's ER, THE NEWTON BOYS). Sonia (Zellweger) is a young woman who always did just what was expected: she married the right man, moved to the right neighborhood, and had a beautiful baby. And yet, when she discovers an exciting world beyond her tightly knit community, it sparks a growing desire for independence that threatens the security of the perfect life she knows. See A PRICE ABOVE RUBIES for yourself, and learn why critics and audiences nationwide have praised this passionate movie gem!Similar DVD Movies
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