A Price Above Rubies

A Price Above Rubies
by Boaz Yakin

A Price Above Rubies
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Actor: Allen Payne, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Julianna Margulies, Ren?e Zellweger
Director: Boaz Yakin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-01-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax

Movie Reviews of A Price Above Rubies

Movie Review: Upsetting
Summary: 3 Stars

As a Jewish woman, this film gave me the willies. It's not that I disrespect all Hasidim Jews, as I've never been around them, but I do disrespect all fundamentalist religions, regardless of which ones they are, and this portrayed a very fundamentalist Jewish family. A nutty husband who hadn't a clue about women's sexuality. That didn't make sense. The Kabbalah, four important Jewish mystical books that Jewish men study, teaches that it is imperative that a man must satisfy his wife sexually, and that her sexual feelings come even before his. This is ignored in the film.

This husband is oblivious to anything about a woman. He is an ignorant jerk. So is his brother-in-law, a thief and his snotty wife. What pompous irritating people they are. I doubt that all Hasidim are this way, but I've read a few true stories, and some of this story probably doesn't fall too far from the truth. Thank goodness, the vast majority of all Jews think nothing like they did.

Renee Zelwegger, one of my favorite actresses, who can portray almost any character was very good, and that was the best part of the whole film. Actually, I thought all the actors were good. I didn't understand a few things. Who was the old woman in the black dress? Why did the little boy keep appearing, and what was he supposed to represent? I didn't get that part. The film falls between fantasy and reality, and if you like that sort of film, you will like this one. The best part was that the wife got away from her crazy family.

My advice to her would be to find a sharp gentile non Catholic lawyer so she could a legal divorce and get her son back and away from those crazy people.

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!

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