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A Price Above Rubies
1998
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A Price Above Rubies
Positive Reviews
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Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.3
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fascinating
beguiling
overnight
positive
intermittently
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2.2
In fact, hes more in tune with Bart Simpson, making mischief and shrugging, Dont have a kosher cow, man.
EW
3.8
I was won over by Zellwegers ferociously strong performance, and by characters and scenes I hadnt seen before.
Rogerebert
3.0
Its well acted, if a bit heavy handed, and raises some fascinating questions about art, faith, and passion.
Common Sense Media
2.5
One minute shes a meek, housebroken housefrau; overnight, shes a hard bitten businesswoman busting some dealers chops.
4.5
Writer and director Boaz Yakin has fashioned a beguiling drama about the deep yearning we all have to express our hearts desire.
Spirituality And Practice
4.5
Yakin dares to not only enter that neighborhood, but to find beauty and sadness in it, rather than something alien or foreign.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Zellweger gives a strong performance, and the story etches an intermittently sharp portrait of a subculture caught between a rich historical legacy an ..
Cs Monitor
4.5
Yakin cleverly introduces elements of magic realism in an otherwise starkly real, modern allegory.
Film Journal International ..
2.5
With its coldly antiseptic tone, the movie seems more interested in preaching awkwardly to the audience that inviting it in.
Internet Reviews
4.5
Renee Zellweger, previously best known as the sweet mom from Jerry Maguire, delivers a quietly stunning performance in the lead.
Internet Reviews
1.9
Barney doesnt really teach anything to kids, but he does reinforce positive ideas look both ways before crossing the street, believe in your dreams, k ..
Mr Brown Movies
3.0
A Price Above Rubies isnt a particularly good movie, though Zellweger shines in a tough, gritty role that foreshadowed her more serious acting ambitio ..
The Filmy Ap
3.1
Yakins argument is presented with such blind rage and fury that his little film goes from sensitive and perceptive to sensational and scandal mongerin ..
Bangit Out
1.5
A Price Above Rubies is perhaps most notable for the sentimental pitfalls it manages to avoid.
J Post
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